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Snails : biology, ecology and conservation / Emil M. Hamalainen and Sofia Jarvinen, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Animal science, issues, and professions series.
- Animal science, issues and professions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Snails.
- Snails--Ecology.
- Snails--Conservation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Snails are nearly sessile organisms. They are unable to respond to changes in the environment by escaping. Consequently, snails have to have a flexible phenotype which enables variable morphological and behavioral adaptations. In this book, the authors present topical research in the biology, ecology and conservation of snails including: neurotransmitters, benthic diatoms and metamorphosis in marine snails; parasitism as a factor in the morphology and behavior of freshwater snails; cone snail biology; the role of the transcriptional regulator snail in cancer biology; the importance of moisture in the activity patterns of the arid-dwelling land snail and the adaptive flexibility of the pulmonate's brain.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed (12/18/20).
- ISBN:
- 1-62100-816-9
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