The Invertebrates: A New Synthesis - Hardcover

Barnes, R. S. K.; Calow, Peter; Olive, P. J. W.; Golding, D. W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0632012846 ISBN 13: 9780632012848

Publisher: Blackwell Science Inc, 1988

Synopsis

Book by Barnes, R. S. K., Calow, Peter, Olive, P. J. W., Golding, D. W.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Most textbooks of invertebrate zoology follow either a systematic or a functional approach. The Invertebrates is the first book to synthesise and integrate both approaches, describing the range and diversity of invertebrates and the way they work.

The first half of the gook describes all the known phyla of invertebrates with living representatives, together with the animal-like protists. Rather than describe all the anatomical features of different types of animals, the book distils only those essential characteristics of each group with which the student should be familiar. Lists of diagnostic features permit comparison between the phyla; the diversity of body plans illustrated by line figures of the different forms.

The second half of the book concentrates on the unifying features of invertebrate functional anatomy, physiology and behaviour, describing how the invertebrates display a range of solutions to the problems of living and reproduction. Throughout, form and function are presented from an evolutionary viewpoint, in the light of the selective pressures that have influenced and continue to mould invertebrate biology.

Review:

'The authors have succeeded in providing within a single volume a new, critical look at the essentials of invertebrate biology, in a form meeting the needs of students on modern courses in zoology ... clearly written and excellently illustrated with line drawings and diagrams.' Journal of Biological Education on the first edition

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackwell Science Inc
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0632012846
• ISBN 13: 9780632012848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 582