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A Functional Biology of Scyphozoa

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Authors:
  1. Mary N. Arai

    1. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
      Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, Canada

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Scyphozoa have attracted the attention of many types of people. Naturalists watch their graceful locomotion. Fishermen may dread the swarms which can prevent fishing or eat larval fish. Bathers retreat from the water if they are stung. People from some Asiatic countries eat the medusae. Comparative physiologists examine them as possibly simple models for the functioning of various systems. This book integrates data from those and other investigations into a functional biology of scyphozoa. It will emphasize the wide range of adaptive responses possible in these morphologically relatively simple animals. The book will concentrate on the research of the last 35 years, partly because there has been a rapid expansion of knowledge during that period, and partly because much of the previous work was summarized by books published between 1961 and 1970. Bibliographies of papers on scyphozoa were included in Mayer (1910) and Kramp (1961). Taxonomic diagnoses are also included in those monographs, as well as in a monograph on the scyphomedusae of the USSR published by Naumov (Naumov, 1961). Most impor­ tantly, a genenttion of scyphozoan workers has used as its 'bible' the monograph by F.S.Russell (1970) The Medusae of the British Isles. In spite of its restrictive title, his book reviews most of the information on the biology of scyphozoa up to that date.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Design and relationships

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    Pages 1-15

  3. Locomotion

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    Pages 16-57

  4. Feeding

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    Pages 58-91

  5. Nutrition

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    Pages 92-116

  6. Metabolism

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    Pages 117-136

  7. Reproduction

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    Pages 137-171

  8. Growth

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    Pages 172-187

  9. Physical ecology

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    Pages 188-202

  10. Biological interactions

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    Pages 203-223

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 224-316
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Mary N. Arai

  • Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, Canada

    Mary N. Arai

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Functional Biology of Scyphozoa

  • Authors: Mary N. Arai

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1497-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Chapman & Hall 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-45110-2Published: 30 November 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7169-7Published: 21 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1497-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 316

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Zoology, Ecology

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