Product Description

The Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae is the most comprehensive guide to larval form and anatomy ever produced. Each chapter provides a referenced overview of life cycles, reproduction, embryology, larval life, larval form and metamorphosis in a particular group of invertebrates. More than 1200 drawings and photographs illustrate the gross anatomy of all known types of marine larvae and provide a visual survey of the range of larval diversity within each phylum.

This book assembles the best larval photographs previously published in scientific literature into one place. Many of the plates, which include color photographs and numerous scanning electron micrographs, are original. Contributed chapters and illustrative material is covered by more than 50 recognized authorities on larval development from throughout the world.

* Provides glossy photographs of all known types of marine invertebrate larvae in a single reference
* Includes juvenile forms, paralarvae, etc. of several groups with direct development
* Illustrates metamorphosis from larval to juvenile form for most groups
* Provides brief synopses of life history biology, larval development, embryology, and metamorphosis
* Provides key references to review articles and classic works

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #748964 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 640 pages

Review
"...this atlas is without a doubt the most comprehensive compilation of marine larval forms and their organization groups...highly recommended"
-Dr. L. v. Salvini-Plawen, Universitat Wien, Vienna, Austria, in MARINE ECOLOGY


"There is quite simply no work available of comparable quality, scope and detail."
-Jon Havenhand, Flinders University of South Australia for JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Book Info
Each chapter provides a referenced overview of life cycles, reproduction, embryology, larval life, larval form and metamorphosis in a particular group of invertebrates. Provides key references to review articles and classic works.

About the Author
Craig M. Young, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.A.
Mary A. Sewell, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Mary E. Rice, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.A.