Biology of the Acanthocephala

D. W. T. Crompton, Brent B. Nickol (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

532 Seiten

2009
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-10511-8 (ISBN)

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This volume was first published in 1985. A knowledge of this phylum of parasitic worms is essential for helminthologists and instructive for all research workers investigating the principles of parasitism. Each of the chapters is written by a specialist on the biology of the Acanthocephala. Systematics, functional morphology, feeding, nutrition, metabolism, reproduction, embryology, development, epizootiology, life-history patterns and population ecology are reviewed and analysed in detail; problems for further investigation are identified. Special features of the book include a taxonomic revision and list of valid species, anatomical illustrations and extensive tables covering morphological terms, host-parasite associations, life-history parameters and reproductive biology. The three indices (parasite, author and subject) and the comprehensive list of over a thousand references help the reader to use this major source of reference on a fascinating group of parasites.

1. Introduction Brent B. Nickol; 2. Anton Meyer D. W. T. Crompton; 3. Harley Jones Van Cleave: 40 years with the Acanthocephala Wilbur L. Bullock; 4. Classification Omar M. Amin; 5. Functional morphology Donald M. Miller and T. T. Dunagan; 6. Feeding, nutrition and metabolism Jane A. Starling; 7. Reproduction D. W. T. Crompton; 8. Development and life cycles Gerald D. Schmidt; 9. Epizootiology Brent B. Nickol; 10. Life history models A. P. Dobson and A. E. Keymer; 11. Regulation and dynamics of acanthocephalan populations C. R. Kennedy.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.3.2009
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	770 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-521-10511-0 / 0521105110
ISBN-13	978-0-521-10511-8 / 9780521105118
Zustand	Neuware