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A student's guide to the seashore / John Fish, Susan Fish.

By: Fish, J. D [author].
Contributor(s): Fish, S. (Susan) [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011Copyright date: © 2011Edition: Third edition.Description: xii, 527 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780521720595 (paperback) ; 0521720591 (paperback) .Subject(s): Seashore biology -- Great Britain | Seashore biology -- Europe, NorthernDDC classification: 578.76990941 FIS
Contents:
Introduction -- Design and layout of the book -- Illustrated guide to the plants and animals of the shore -- Seaweeds -- Lichens -- Anthophyta -- Porifera -- Cnidaria -- Ctenophora -- Platyhelminthes -- Nemertea -- Priapula -- Annelida -- Mollusca -- Arthropoda -- Sipuncula -- Echiura -- Bryozoa -- Phoronida -- Echinodermata -- Hemichordata -- Chordata.
Summary: "This unique, concise and beautifully-illustrated guide allows students to identify over 650 of the common, widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. User-friendly dichotomous keys are supported by details of diagnostic features and biology of each species. Now enhanced with 32 pages of colour, this much acclaimed guide is invaluable to students of marine biology at any level. Questions such as how does the species reproduce? What is its life-cycle? How does it feed? are answered in the notes accompanying each species to give a fascinating insight into the diversity and complexity of life on the shore. The text is supported by an extensive glossary of scientific terms and a comprehensive bibliography is included to aid further study. The third edition builds on the excellent reviews of earlier editions and will continue to appeal to a wide readership, including students, teachers and naturalists"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 578.76990941 FIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MTU Kerry Module RSRH81000 MTU Kerry Module RSRH81001 38888000929871
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 578.76990941 FIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MTU Kerry Module RSRH81000 MTU Kerry Module RSRH81001 38888000929889
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 578.76990941 FIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out MTU Kerry Module RSRH81000 MTU Kerry Module RSRH81001 06/03/2023 38888000929897
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This unique, concise and beautifully-illustrated guide allows students to identify over 650 of the common, widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. User-friendly dichotomous keys are supported by details of diagnostic features and biology of each species. Now enhanced with 32 pages of colour, this much acclaimed guide is invaluable to students of marine biology at any level. Questions such as how does the species reproduce? What is its life-cycle? How does it feed? are answered in the notes accompanying each species to give a fascinating insight into the diversity and complexity of life on the shore. The text is supported by an extensive glossary of scientific terms and a comprehensive bibliography is included to aid further study. The third edition builds on the excellent reviews of earlier editions and will continue to appeal to a wide readership, including students, teachers and naturalists.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Introduction -- Design and layout of the book -- Illustrated guide to the plants and animals of the shore -- Seaweeds -- Lichens -- Anthophyta -- Porifera -- Cnidaria -- Ctenophora -- Platyhelminthes -- Nemertea -- Priapula -- Annelida -- Mollusca -- Arthropoda -- Sipuncula -- Echiura -- Bryozoa -- Phoronida -- Echinodermata -- Hemichordata -- Chordata.

"This unique, concise and beautifully-illustrated guide allows students to identify over 650 of the common, widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. User-friendly dichotomous keys are supported by details of diagnostic features and biology of each species. Now enhanced with 32 pages of colour, this much acclaimed guide is invaluable to students of marine biology at any level. Questions such as how does the species reproduce? What is its life-cycle? How does it feed? are answered in the notes accompanying each species to give a fascinating insight into the diversity and complexity of life on the shore. The text is supported by an extensive glossary of scientific terms and a comprehensive bibliography is included to aid further study. The third edition builds on the excellent reviews of earlier editions and will continue to appeal to a wide readership, including students, teachers and naturalists"-- Provided by publisher.

MTU Kerry Module RSRH81000

MTU Kerry Module RSRH81001

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements for illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Design and layout of the book
  • Illustrated guide to the plants and animals of the shore
  • Seaweeds
  • Lichens
  • Anthophyta
  • Porifera
  • Cnidaria
  • Ctenophora
  • Platyhelminthes
  • Nemertea
  • Priapula
  • Annelida
  • Mollusca
  • Arthropoda
  • Sipuncula
  • Echiura
  • Bryozoa
  • Phoronida
  • Echinodermata
  • Hemichordata
  • Chordata
  • Plates
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index