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The Mollusca, Volume 6: Ecology provides an overview of the state of knowledge in molluscan ecology. It is part of a multivolume treatise that covers the fields of biochemistry, physiology, neurobiology, reproduction and development, evolution, ecology, medical aspects, and structure. The Mollusca is intended to serve a range of disciplines: biological, biochemical, paleontological, and medical. As a source of information on the current status of molluscan research, it should prove useful to researchers of the Mollusca and other phyla, as well as to teachers and qualified graduate students. The book contains 15 chapters, arranged into three levels of ecological perspective: (a) distributional studies; (b) physiological ecology and bioenergetics; and (c) population genetics and dynamics. A discussion of the planetary distribution of and ecological constraints upon the mollusca is followed by separate chapters on the life styles and distribution of mollusks on the deep-sea bottom, in mangroves, and on coral reefs; and the trophic and reproductive ecology of those intrinsically fascinating molluscan groups—the nudibranchs and cephalopods. Subsequent chapters present physiological ecology in land snails and in freshwater bivalves, prosobranchs, and pulmonates, with a survey of the techniques of actuarial bioenergetics as applied to nonmarine molluscs. Other chapters cover population dynamics and biology in an introduced pest species, population genetics of marine molluscs, ecogenetics of land snails, and life-cycle pattems throughout the major molluscan taxa.
Table of Contents
Contributors
General Preface
Preface
Contents of Other Volumes
1. Overview: Planetary Distribution of and Ecological Constraints upon the Mollusca
I. Introduction
II. The Molluscs of Planet Earth
III. Distributional and Trophic Ecology
IV. Bioenergetic and Physiological Ecology
V. Population Dynamics and Genetics
VI. Ecological Constraints on Molluscan Evolution
References
2. The Ecology of Deep-Sea Molluscs
I. Introduction
II. The Environment (Physical and Chemical)
III. The Environment (Organic)
IV. The Fauna
V. Functional Morphology
VI. Physiology
VII. Reproduction
VIII. Thermal Vent Mollusca
IX. Evolution
References
3. Mangrove Bivalves
I. Introduction
II. Is There a Specific Mangrove Fauna?
III. Mangrove Bivalve Communities
IV. Vertical Zonation on Mangrove Trees
V. Patterns of Species Distribution through a Mangrove
VI. Horizontal Zonation down an Estuary
VII. Bivalve Predators
VIII. Mangrove Bivalves
IX. Discussion
References
4. Coral-Associated Bivalves of the Indo-Pacific
I. Introduction
II. Definitions
III. Distribution and Ecology
IV. Coral Borers
V. Other Coral Borers
VI. Epizoic Bivalves of Living and Dead Corals
VII. Crevice and Coral Gallery Bivalves
VIII. Bivalves of Coral-Associated Habitats
IX. Predator Defense Mechanisms
X. Discussion
References
5. Reproductive and Trophic Ecology of Nudibranch Molluscs
I. Introduction
II. Reproductive Ecology and Larval Biology
III. Predator-Prey Associations
References
6. Physiological and Trophic Ecology of Cephalopods
I. Introduction
II. Adaptation and Tolerance
III. Gross Behavior and Habitat Selection
IV. Feeding Strategies
References
7. Physiological Ecology of Freshwater Bivalves
I. Introduction
II. Distributional Ecology of Freshwater Bivalves
III. Physiological Adaptations, Acclimation, and Environmental Stress
IV. Life Histories, Population Dynamics, and Population Energetics
V. Evolutionary Strategies: an Ecological Perspective
References
8. Physiological Ecology of Freshwater Prosobranchs
I. Introduction
II. Taxonomy
III. Feeding
IV. Bioenergetics
V. Respiration
VI. Nitrogen Excretion
VII. Reproduction
VIII. Fluid and Electrolyte Relations
IX. Adaptations to Climatic Variation
X. Future Studies
References
9. Physiological Ecology of Freshwater Pulmonates
I. Introduction
II. Respiratory Adaptations to Aquatic Life
III. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in a Hypoosmotic Environment
IV. Nitrogen Excretion
V. Temperature
VI. Adaptations to Low Environmental Oxygen Concentration
VII. Aerial Exposure and Desiccation Resistance
VIII. Summary
References
10. Physiological Ecology of Land Snails and Slugs
I. Introduction
II. Water Relations
III. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation
IV. Nitrogen Excretion
V. Respiratory Metabolism
VI. Thermal Relations
VII. Locomotor Activity Patterns and Photoperiodism
VIII. Concluding Remarks
References
11. Actuarial Bioenergetics of Nonmarine Molluscan Productivity
I. Introduction
II. General Methods
III. Standing Crop Production
IV. Rate Productivities
V. Budget Components in Actuarial Analyses
VI. Stock Comparisons and Investment Risks
VII. Experimental Manipulations and the Actuarial Program
References
12. Ecology of an Invasive Pest Bivalve, Corbicula
I. Introduction
II. Taxonomy
III. Aspects as a Pest Species
IV. Physiological Ecology
V. Ecological Aspects of Life History
VI. Control Measures
VII. Future Utilization of Corbicula
VIII. Summary and Conclusions
References
13. Population Genetics of Marine Gastropods and Bivalves
I. Introduction: Darwinian Evolution and the Framework of Population Genetics
II. Genetics
III. Distribution of Genetic Variation in Natural Populations
IV. Evolutionary Genetics
References
14. Ecology and Ecogenetics of Terrestrial Molluscan Populations
I. Introduction
II. Land Snail Ecology
III. Interpretation
IV. Ecogenetics: Recent Developments
V. Conclusion
References
15. Life-Cycle Patterns and Evolution
I. Introduction
II. Taxonomic Survey
III. Intrinsic (Endogenous) Constraints and Trade-offs
IV. Extrinsic (Exogenous) Factors
V. Conclusions
References
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 716
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1983
- Published: December 1, 1983
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483276090