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2 volumes (x, 722 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Contents |
V. 1. Taxonomy and systematics. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region. south-western Australia -- Checklist of marine decapod crustacea of southern Western Australia -- The anatomy of Diala, with an assessment of it's taxonomic position (Mollusca: Cerithioidea) -- Ecology and behaviour. Relationships between topography, substratum composition and surface temperature, and the spatial distribution of intertidal fauna on rocky shores of south-western Australia -- Foraging behaviour of two Australian species of Elysia ( Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) -- The epibenthic fauna of seagrass beds and bare sand in Princess Royal Harbour and King George Sound, Albany, south-western Australia -- Distribution patterns of hermit crabs inhabiting a temperate shallow water embayment near Albany, south-western Australia -- A device for position fixing of small benthic fauna -- Resource partitioning strategies of two sympatric scavenging snails on a sandy beach in Western Australia -- Seagrass, sediment and infauna - a comparison of Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica in Princess Royal Harbour, south-western Australia -- I. Seagrass biomass, productivity and contribution to sediments -- Seagrass, sediment and infauna - a comparison of Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica in Princess Royal Harbour, south-western Australia -- II. Distribution, composition and abundance of microfauna -- Seagrass, sediment and infauna - a comparison of Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica in Princess Royal Harbour, south-western Australia -- III. Consequences of seagrass loss -- Physiology and functional morphology. Observations on Hipponix australis (Lamarck, 1819) (Mollusca Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) from the Albany area, Western Australia -- Upper critical temperature limits, tissue temperatures during emersion and evaporative cooling at elevated temperatures in Western Australia intertidal gastropods: evidence for a physiological barrier at a high tide mark -- The relationship between vertical distribution, rate of evaporative water loss, behaviour during emergence, and morphometrics in six species of rocky shore gastropods from Princess Royal Harbour, Western Australia -- The biology of Brachidontes erosus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Princess Royal Harbour, Albany, Western Australia -- Post-embryonic development of the blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena maculosa. v. 2. General introduction to the marine flora and fauna of the Albany area. Taxonomy and systematics -- A cpccidium parasitic in the heteronemertan Quasilineus lucidoculatus: first record of a coccidian infection in a nemertean -- Marine Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta, Annelida) of the Albany area, Western Australia -- The marine Tubificidae and Naididae (Oligochaeta) of south-western Australia -- The macrobenthic nemertean fauna of the Albany region, Western Australia -- A new species of Carcinonemertes (Nemertea: Enopla: Carcinonemertidae) from the edd masses of Naxia aurita (Latreille) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae) collected in the Albany region of Western Australia) -- Scaleworms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) of Albany, Western Australia -- Aspects of the anatomy of Plesiotrochus (Plesiotrochidae, fam. n.) and systematic position in Cerithioidea (Prosobranchia, Caenogastropoda) -- Additional new species of the family Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from Western Australia, with a key to all described species of the region -- Splanchnotrophus elysiae n. sp. (Copepoda: Splanchnotrophidae) found parasitizing in the sacoglossan opisthobranch Elysia australia Quoy and Gaimard, 1832 -- Sacoglossa (Ascoglossa) (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from southern Western Australia -- The shallow-water barnacles (Cirripedia: Lepadomorpha, Balanomorpha) of southern Western Australia |
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Includes bibliographical references |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Marine animals -- Western Australia -- Albany Region
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Marine biology -- Australia -- Albany (W.A.) -- Congresses.
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Marine biology -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Albany Region -- Congresses
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Marine biology -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Albany -- Congresses
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Marine animals -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Albany -- Congresses
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Marine plants -- Western Australia -- Albany Region
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Marine plants -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Albany -- Congresses
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SUBJECT |
Albany (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82059283 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Wells, Fred E.
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Australian Marine Sciences Association. Western Australian Branch.
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LC no. |
92150327 |
ISBN |
0730939537 |
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9780730939535 |
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9781920843700 |
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9781925040166 |
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