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Australian echinoderms : biology, ecology and evolution / editors, Maria Byrne and Timothy D. O'Hara.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Echinodermata--Ecology.
- Echinodermata.
- Echinodermata--Evolution.
- Marine invertebrates--Ecology.
- Marine invertebrates.
- Marine invertebrates--Evolution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (612 pages) : color illustrations, photographs
- Place of Publication:
- Clayton, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- Echinoderms, including feather stars, seastars, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers, are some of the most beautiful and interesting animals in the sea. They play an important ecological role and several species of sea urchins and sea cucumbers form the basis of important fisheries. Over 1000 species live in Australian waters, from the shoreline to the depths of the abyssal plain and the tropics to Antarctic waters. Australian Echinoderms is an authoritative account of Australia's 110 families of echinoderms. It brings together in a single volume comprehensive information on the identification, biology, evolution, ecology and management of these animals for the first time. Richly illustrated with beautiful photographs and written in an accessible style, Australian Echinoderms suits the needs of marine enthusiasts, academics and fisheries managers both in Australia and other geographical areas where echinoderms are studied. Winner of the 2018 Whitley Medal
- Contents:
- Part 1: Introduction to echinoderms. 1: Introduction ; 2: Ecology and behaviour ; 3: Echinoderm life histories ; 4: Management : fisheries, ferals and conservation ; 5: Biogeography ; 6: Phylogeny and geological history
- Part 2: Echinoderm diversity. 7: Class Crinoidea ; 8. Class Asteroidea ; 9: Class Ophiuroidea ; 10: Class Echinoidea ; 11: Class Holothuroidea.
- Notes:
- "Australian Biological Resources Study."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 31, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9781486307647
- 1486307647
- 9781486307630
- 1486307639
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