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Author Barnes, R. S. K. (Richard Stephen Kent), author

Title The invertebrates : a synthesis / R.S.K. Barnes, P. Calow, P.J.W. Olive, D.W. Golding, J.L. Spicer
Published Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 2001

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Description 497 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents Pt. 1. Evolutionary Introduction -- 1. Introduction: Basic Approach and Principles -- 2. The Evolutionary History and Phylogeny of the Invertebrates -- Pt. 2. The Invertebrate Phyla -- 3. Parallel Approaches to Animal Multicellularity -- 4. The Worms -- 5. The Molluscs -- 6. The Lophophorates -- 7. The Deuterostomes -- 8. Invertebrates with Legs: the Arthropods and Similar Groups -- Pt. 3. Invertebrate Functional Biology -- 9. Feeding -- 10. Mechanics and Movement (Locomotion) -- 11. Respiration -- 12. Excretion, Ionic and Osmotic Regulation, and Buoyancy -- 13. Defence -- 14. Reproduction and Life Cycles -- 15. Development -- 16. Control Systems -- 17. Basic Principles Revisited
Notes Rev. ed. of: The invertebrates / R.S.K. Barnes, P. Calow, P.J.W. Olive
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Invertebrates.
Author Calow, Peter, author
Olive, P. J. W., author
Golding, D. W., author
Spicer, J. I., author
Barnes, R. S. K. (Richard Stephen Kent). Invertebrates
LC no. 00044516
ISBN 0632047615 paperback