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Record Nr.

UNISA996213218103316

Autore

Boyle P. R

Titolo

Cephalopods [[electronic resource] ] : ecology and fisheries / / Peter Boyle, Paul Rodhouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Science, 2005

ISBN

1-280-19970-9

9786610199709

0-470-70970-7

0-470-99531-9

1-4051-4543-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RodhousePaul

Disciplina

594.5

594/.5

Soggetti

Cephalopoda

Octopus fisheries

Squid fisheries

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 (p. [373]-438) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cephalopods Ecology and Fisheries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Form and function; Chapter 3 Origin and evolution; Chapter 4 Nautilus: the survivor; Chapter 5 Biodiversity and zoogeography; Chapter 6 Life cycle; Chapter 7 Growth; Chapter 8 Physiological ecology; Chapter 9 Reproduction; Chapter 10 From egg to recruitment; Chapter 11 Coastal and shelf species; Chapter 12 Oceanic and deep-sea species; Chapter 13 Population ecology; Chapter 14 Cephalopods as predators; Chapter 15 Cephalopods as prey; Chapter 16 Fishing methods and scientific sampling

Chapter 17 Fishery resourcesChapter 18 Fisheries oceanography; The colour plate section falls after page 308; Chapter 19 Assessment and management; Chapter 20 Conclusion; Appendix A Classification of living cephalopod families; Appendix B Synopsis of living cephalopod families; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Squid, cuttlefish and octopuses, which form the marine mollusc group



the cephalopods, are of great and increasing interest to marine biologists, physiologists, ecologists, environmental biologists and fisheries scientists. Cephalopods: ecology and fisheries is a thorough review of this most important animal group. The first introductory section of the book provides coverage of cephalopod form and function, origin and evolution, Nautilus, and biodiversity and zoogeography. The following section covers life cycles, growth, physiological ecology, reproductive strategies and early