Snails on rocky sea shores (eBook)

John Crothers (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
97 Seiten
Pelagic Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-907807-28-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The snails found living on rocky sea shores are among the most rewarding invertebrate animals to study. Species such as dog-whelks, topshells and winkles are easy to find, capture, identify, measure and mark. This book provides a key to common species, background ecology, an overview of rocky shore habitats and study techniques.

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The snails found living on rocky sea shores are among the most rewarding invertebrate animals to study. Species such as dog-whelks, topshells and winkles are easy to find, capture, identify, measure and mark. This book provides a key to common species, background ecology, an overview of rocky shore habitats and the techniques required for anyone to study this fascinating and accessible fauna.

Inhalt

Preface

1. Introduction

2. The biology of marine snails

3. Limpets

4. Common topshells

5. Dog-whelks

6. Winkles

7. Identification Key to the larger species of marine snails that live on rocky shores around the British Isles

8. The rocky shore environment

9. Techniques and approaches to original work

10. References and further reading

11. Index

12. Pictorial key

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Naturalists' Handbooks
• Reihe/Serie: Naturalists' Handbooks
• Reihe/Serie: Naturalists' Handbooks
• Verlagsort: Exeter
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: Fieldwork • Identification • Key • Marine Biology • mollusc • rocky shore ecology • Snail
• ISBN-10: 1-907807-28-4 / 1907807284
• ISBN-13: 978-1-907807-28-2 / 9781907807282