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Taxonomy of Porifera
. Ed(S): Vacelet, Jean; Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea held at Marseille, France, September 22-27, 1986 Editor(s): Vacelet, Jean; Boury-Esnault, Nicole. Series: NATO Asi Series / NATO Asi Subseries G:. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 594.
Although sponges are one of the major components of littoral ecosystems, their systematics obviously lags behind that of the majority of other groups of marine invertebrates. Also the evolutionary trends in these most primitive of the Metazoans are poorly understood. The confused state of their taxonomy and the difficulties with their identification prevent their use in ecological studies. The emphasis of interest presently seems to have shifted towards chemistry, but many of the hundreds of interesting chemicals recently described in sponges pro bably have been found in mistakenly or imprecisely identified animals. This situ ation will become worse in the ... Read more
Although sponges are one of the major components of littoral ecosystems, their systematics obviously lags behind that of the majority of other groups of marine invertebrates. Also the evolutionary trends in these most primitive of the Metazoans are poorly understood. The confused state of their taxonomy and the difficulties with their identification prevent their use in ecological studies. The emphasis of interest presently seems to have shifted towards chemistry, but many of the hundreds of interesting chemicals recently described in sponges pro bably have been found in mistakenly or imprecisely identified animals. This situ ation will become worse in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
NATO Asi Series / NATO Asi Subseries G:
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642708947
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V9783642708947
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