Animals of sandy shores

Peter J. Hayward (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

104 Seiten

2015
Pelagic Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78427-041-4 (ISBN)

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This book introduces the natural history of sandy shore communities and provides keys that will enable readers to name the animals they find. It provides practical approaches for behavioural and ecological studies, including the survey and monitoring of populations.

The assemblage of animals living in sandy shores is richer than it might first appear, and it offers wonderful opportunities for ecological explanation without the need for expensive equipment. This book introduces the natural history of the community and provides keys that will enable readers to name the animals they find. It provides practical approaches for behavioural and ecological studies, including the survey and monitoring of populations. Local investigations of this kind form an essential basis for planning the conservation of sandy shore habitats, which are important both in their own right and as feeding grounds for birds.

This is a digital reprint edition of the book originally published in 1994 with ISBNs 0855462949 (hbk) & 0855462930 (pbk).

Peter Hayward began his career as a scientific assistant at the Natural History Museum, where he was introduced to his lifelong specialism, marine bryzoa or sea-mats. He read zoology with geology at Reading University, thence to University of Wales, Swansea as research student, gaining PhD in population biology and taxonomy of sea-mats. He is now a senior lecturer at the university, and authority on bryzoa worldwide from Antarctic to coral reefs. Author with Professor John Ryland of four volumes on marine bryzoa in Linnaean Society Synopses series. Co-ordinator of the popular Collins Pocket Guide to the Seashore, co-editor and contributor to the Handbook of the Marine Fauna of north-west Europe (1995), as well as the Naturalists' Handbooks on seaweed and sandy shore habitats. Zoological editor of Journal of Natural History.

Introduction Living in sand Sandy shore animals Distribution and zonation Populations, competition and predation Identification Keys I Sea anemones II Polychaetes III Cumaceans IV Mysids V Isoods VI Amphipods VII Shrimps, crabs and allies VIII Bivalves IX Prosobranch gastropods X Opisthobranchs: sea slugs XI Echinoderms

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.1.2015
Reihe/Serie	Naturalists' Handbooks ; 21
Illustrationen	Peter J. Hayward
Zusatzinfo	Figures; Illustrations, black and white; 4 Plates, color
Verlagsort	Exeter
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	1-78427-041-5 / 1784270415
ISBN-13	978-1-78427-041-4 / 9781784270414
Zustand	Neuware