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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of authors; 1 Introducing bryozoans; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Phylogeny and classification; 1.3 Ecology of bryozoans; 1.4 Economic significance; References; 2 History of discovery in Australian waters; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Early collections: 1700s and 1800s; 2.3 Collecting in the 1900s; 2.4 Bryozoa to the present, and currentstatus of collecting; References; 3 General morphology and terminology; 3.1 External characteristics and astogeny; 3.2 Skeletal system; 3.3 Colonial tropisms, kineses and mobility; 3.4 Feeding and digestive system. |
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3.5 Interzooidal communications and the funicular system3.6 Respiration and excretion; 3.7 Degeneration and regeneration cycles; 3.8 Nervous system and sense organs; 3.9 Glandular systems; 3.10 Reproduction; 3.11 Genetic studies; References; 4 Modern and Cenozoic bryozoan colony classification schemes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Examples of bryozoan growth forms; 4.3 Substratum and attachment; 4.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Bryozoans on seamounts; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Australian seamounts; 5.3 Bryozoans on Australian and New Zealand seamounts; References. |
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6 Bryozoans and biosecurity6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Bryozoans as marine-fouling organisms; 6.3 Alien bryozoans in Australia; 6.4 Conclusion; References; Colour plates; 7 Bryozoans and biotechnology; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Compounds isolated from bryozoans; 7.3 Compounds used against bryozoans; 7.4 Conclusion; References; 8 Bryozoans and ocean acidification; 8.1 Ocean acidification: an old, but new global problem; 8.2 What can we do about acidification?; 8.3 Bryozoans as potential allies; 8.4 Bryozoans as 'canaries'; 8.5 Bryozoan growth models; 8.6 Bryozoans as sentinels; 8.7 Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bryozoa -- Australia.
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Bryozoa. |
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Australia. |
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Bryozoa -- Identification.
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| Genre/Form |
Field guides.
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| Subject |
Bryozoa -- Morphology.
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Morphology. |
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Bryozoa, Fossil.
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Bryozoa, Fossil. |
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Australian |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cook, Patricia L. (Patricia Lynette), editor.
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Bock, Philip E., editor.
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Gordo, Dennis P., editor.
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Weaver, Haylee J., editor.
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| ISBN |
1486306802 |
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9781486306817 |
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1486306810 |
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9781486306800 (electronic book) |
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