Taxonomy of Tropical West African Bivalves
Author : Rudo Von Cosel
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 49,3 MB
Release : 1989
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Author : Rudo Von Cosel
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 49,3 MB
Release : 1989
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Author : P.G. OLIVER
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Page : pages
File Size : 46,85 MB
Release : 1992
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Author : Rudo Von Cosel
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Page : 47 pages
File Size : 27,62 MB
Release : 2006
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Author : Rudo Von Cosel
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Page : 18 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 1991
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Author : Rudo Von Cosel
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Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,23 MB
Release : 1992
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Author : Rudo von Cosel
Publisher : Companyédition MNHN/IRD
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,87 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Bivalves
ISBN : 9782856538883
Bivalves are one of the most important groups of marine animals: they are abundant in benthic communities, they are sought after as seafood or ornament, and their shells are almost always conspicuous on the world's beaches. This identification guide for West African marine bivalves covers 462 species belonging to 59 families, based on an extensive material collected over several decades from Mauritania (Cap Blanc) to Angola (Baia dos Tigres), and now housed in in the French National Museum of Natural History. Therefore, any bivalve collected in the marine near-shore habitats of West Africa is most likely to be covered. Deep sea species (those normally collected below 500 meters depth, an additional 150 species) are listed but not treated at length. Profusely illustrated with over 3500 color and 1600 greyscale photographs, 800 stippled drawings, and an average of twelve views per species, the book is intended to be both the definitive resource and accessible to the non-specialist. Each species receives a description accompanied by a drawing of the interior showing the diagnostic details of the hinge and internal impressions and a photographic plate showing a selection of specimens from different localities across the species' range, an indication of distribution accompanied by a schematic map, an indication of habitat, and remarks, including comparisons with similar species. In the headings for each family, generic descriptions are illustrated with thumbnails of the included species to provide visual orientation. Morphological terms used in descriptions are explained in a glossary. Preceding these extensive taxonomic sections of the book is an introduction addressing the history of research, the physiography and hydrology of West African coasts, and the general characteristics of bivalves.
Author : Rudo von Cosel
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Bivalves
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Author : Eugene V. Coan
Publisher : Paul Valentich-Scott
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 12,67 MB
Release : 2000-05-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0936494301
The culmination of a ten-year study, Bivalve Seashells of Western North America treats all bivalve mollusks living from northern Baja California, Mexico to Arctic Alaska. A total of 472 species are described and illustrated with detailed photographs and drawings. All habitats in the region are included from the intertidal splash zone to the abyssal depths of the ocean basins. The book has over 4,800 complete bibliographic references to the bivalves, including citations on the biology, physiology, ecology, and taxonomy of this commercially and biologically important group. Character tables and dichotomous keys assist the reader in identification. Also included in the 764 page book is an illustrated key to the superfamiles of the region, and a complete glossary.
Author : Joachim Reitner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 49,81 MB
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642104150
Stromatolites are the most intriguing geobiological structures of the entire earth history since the beginning of the fossil record in the Archaean. Stromatolites and microbialites are interpreted as biosedimentological remains of biofilms and microbial mats. These structures are important environmental and evolutionary archives which give us information about ancient habitats, biodiversity, and evolution of complex benthic ecosystems. However, many geobiological aspects of these structures are still unknown or only poorly understood. The present proceedings highlight the new ideas and information on the formation and environmental setting of stromatolites presented at the occasion of the Kalkowsky Symposium 2008, held in Göttingen, Germany.
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Page : 474 pages
File Size : 40,93 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Mollusks
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