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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828544203321

Titolo

Physiology . Volume 4 The natural history of the Crustacea / / edited by Ernest S. Chang, Martin Thiel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-026683-X

1-336-09912-7

0-19-983242-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (545 p.)

Collana

The Natural History of the Crustacea Series

Disciplina

595.3

Soggetti

Crustacea

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Crustacea is one of the dominant invertebrate groups, displaying staggering diversity in form and function, and spanning the full spectrum of Earth's environments. Crustaceans are increasingly used as model organisms in all fields of biology, as few other taxa exhibit such a variety of body shapes and adaptations to particular habitats and environmental conditions. Physiological Regulation is the fourth volume in The Natural History of the Crustacea series, and the first book in over twenty-five years to provide an overview of the comparative physiology of crustaceans. An understanding of