Name: Rock pools von Peter J. Hayward
SKU: 9781784273590
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Rock pools Zusammenfassung

Rock pools Peter J. Hayward

On rocky coastlines, receding tides leave standing pools that have long held a fascination for the amateur seashore naturalist, revealing glimpses of colourful and curious marine plants and animals. Animal diversity is far greater in the sea than in terrestrial or freshwater habitats, and the hugely varied fauna of rock pools reflects that fact. Rock pools also undergo dramatic shifts in temperature, salinity and pH, making such habitats crucibles of adaptation and change. This Naturalists' Handbook offers a comprehensive introduction to this captivating world, with chapters covering rock-pool ecology, seaweeds, animals, identification and guidelines for possible fieldwork and further study.

Also presented are detailed keys to all the main groups likely to be encountered when rockpooling around Britain and Ireland - from sea squirts to chitons, from anemones to sea spiders, from amphipods to fishes. Rock pools is an indispensable tool in discovering these kaleidoscopic habitats and their multitudinous inhabitants.

Rock pools Bewertungen

...in many places we will come across rock pools full of wonderful wildlife, but can you ID them? This book will help you... ideal to get your children/grandchildren into searching the rock pools.

-- John Miles, birdwatching.co.uk

The illustrations are very well done and the information contained in the book show Peters in-depth knowledge of the species that occupy this amazing environment...Congratulations to Peter and Pelagic Publishing for producing a book that deserves to be used as the definitive guide to rock pools.

-- Neil Garrick Maidment, British Naturalists' Association

This excellent volume, the next in the series of Naturalists' Handbooks, now under Pelagic Publishing, gives the physical, chemical and ecological features of rock pools (with data diagrams), and their dominant fauna and flora. It gives excellent keys and drawings as well as many photographs, all of a high quality as expected in all of Peter's works. The book will be of immense help to high-school and university students and amateur naturalists on and after being on the shore.

-- Mike Elliot, The Marine Biologist

Über Peter J. Hayward

Peter J. Hayward DSc., FLS began his career as Scientific Assistant at the Natural History Museum, London, and retired as Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology at Swansea University. Marine invertebrates have been his abiding interest, through many spring and autumn field courses, and in practical laboratory exercises. He has published several books on marine biological topics, along with numerous scientific papers, especially on the marine Bryozoa. He has served as co-editor of the Journal of Natural History and editor of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editor's preface
Acknowledgements
About the author
About Naturalists' Handbooks

1. Introduction
2. The pool environment
3. Rock-pool seaweeds
4. Rock-pool animals
5. Identification
Key A Guide to major invertebrate animal groups
Key B Sessile, modular animals
Key C Sea spiders (Pycnogonida)
Key D Isopods
Key E Amphipods
Key F Decapods
Key G Shelled gastropods
Key H Chitons
Key I Bivalves
Key J Polychaetes
Key K Heterobranchia
Key L Sea anemones
Key M Echinoderms
Key N Rock-pool fishes
6. Investigating rock pools
7. References and further reading

Index

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR013660440

ISBN 13

9781784273590

ISBN 10

1784273597

Titel

Rock pools Peter J. Hayward

Autor

Peter J. Hayward

Serien

Naturalists' Handbooks

Zustand

Gebraucht - Wie Neu

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Pelagic Publishing

Datum

2022-09-27

Anzahl der Seiten

184

Preise

N/A

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