Biology and evolution of the mollusca. Volume 1 /
"Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry diseases, while many non-marine molluscs are threatened by human impacts which have resulted in more extinctions than...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
[2020]
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introducing molluscs
- Overview of molluscan physiology and genomics
- Shell, body, and muscles
- Mantel cavity and respiration
- Feeding and digestion
- Circulatory and excretory systems
- Nervous system, sense organs, learning and behavior
- Reproduction and development
- Natural history and ecology
- Molluscs and humans
- Research on molluscs : some historical, present, and future directions.