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Nautilus : the biology and paleobiology of a living fossil / edited by W. Bruce Saunders and Neil H. Landman

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Author:
Saunders, W. Bruce  Search this
Landman, Neil H  Search this
Physical description:
xxviii, 632 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1987
©1987
Contents:
Nautilus studies-- the first twenty-two centuries / Richard Arnold Davis -- The ancestry of the genus Nautilus / Curt Teichert and Tatsuro Matsumoto -- The species of Nautilus / W. Bruce Sanders -- Geographic distribution of Nautilus shells / Michael R. House -- Genetic variation and phylogeny in Nautilus / David S. Woodruff ... [et al.] -- Morphological variation in Nautilus from Papua New Guinea / Andrew R. H. Swan and W. Bruce Sanders -- Biometric analysis of Nautilus pompilius from the Philippines and the Fiji Islands / Kazushige Tanabe and Junzo Tsukahara -- Biomineralization and systematic implications / Rex E. Crick and Keith O. Mann -- Ecology, distribution, and population characteristics of Nautilus / W. Bruce Sanders and Peter D. Ward -- Incidence and kinds of epizoans on the shells of live Nautilus / Neil H. Landman ... [et al.] -- On the habitat of Nautilus pompilius in Tañon Strait (Philippines) and the Fiji Islands / Shozo Hayasaka ... [et al.] -- Predation on Nautilus / W. Bruce Saunders, Claude Spinosa, and Larry E. Davis -- The Central Nervous System / J. Z. Young -- The sense organs of Nautilus / Vernon C. Barber -- Visual behavior and visual sensitivity of Nautilus pompilius / W. R. A. Muntz -- A possible function of the iris groove of Nautilus / W. R. A. Muntz -- Histology of the long digital tentacles / Yoshio Fukuda -- The functional morphology of the tentacle musculature of Nautilus pompilius / William M. Kier -- The circulatory system / George B. Bourne -- The excretory system of Nautilus / R. Schipp and A. W. Martin -- Respiratory physiology / James R. Redmond -- Mouth part histology and morphology / Kazushige Tanabe and Yoshio Fukuda -- Energy metabolism of Nautilus swimming muscles / John Baldwin -- Oxygen conformity and metabolic arrest in Nautilus : analysis of mechanisms and functions / P. W. Hochachka -- Ventilation and oxygen extraction by Nautilus / M. J. Wells -- Reproduction and embryology of Nautilus / John M. Arnold -- Development of the embryonic shell of Nautilus / John M. Arnold, Neil H. Landman, and Harry Mutvei -- Growth and longevity of Nautilus / Neil H. Landman and J. Kirk Cochran -- Adolescent growth and maturity in Nautilus / Desmond Collins and Peter D. Ward -- Nautilus shell architecture / Roger A. Hewitt and G. E. G. Westermann -- Ultrastructure of the Nautilus shell / Charles Grégoire -- Locomotion of Nautilus / John A. Chamberlain, Jr. -- Nautilus shell hydrostatics / Earl A. Shapiro and W. Bruce Saunders -- Buoyancy in Nautilus / Lewis Greenwald and Peter D. Ward -- Collection and aquarium maintenance of Nautilus / Bruce A. Carlson -- Experience with aquarium rearing of Nautilus in Japan / T. Hamada, S. Mikami, and T. Okutani -- A small, closed aquarium system for Nautilus / Claude Spinosa
Topic:
Nautilus  Search this
Call number:
QL430.3.N4N38 1987X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_334066