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<em>I would recommend this volume to any person or institution with an<em>interest in invertebrate biology. <strong>Comparative Ecology of Micro-organisms and Macro-organisms
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Series: Developments in Hydrobiology 66
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Year: 1,991
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Edition: 1
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Pages: 742
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Pages In File: 702
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Language: English
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Identifier: 978-94-010-5428-7,978-94-011-3240-4
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Doi: 10.1007/978-94-011-3240-4
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Cleaned: 1
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Orientation: 1
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Paginated: 1
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Org File Size: 54,330,513
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Extension: pdf
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Tags:
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Animal Physiology
Ecology
Zoology
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Toc: Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The extracellular matrix (mesoglea) of hydrozoan jellyfish and its ability to support cell adhesion and spreading....Pages 3-10 Effects of tumor promoters and diacylglycerol on the transdifferentiation of striated muscle cells of the medusa Podocoryne carnea to RF-amide positive nerve cells....Pages 11-17 The physiology of feeding in the ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus ....Pages 19-25 Behavioural and ultrastructural studies on the sedentary platyctenean ctenophore Vallicula multiformis ....Pages 27-33 Problems of being a cell in a soft body....Pages 35-38 An ultrastructural study of the polyp and strobila of Atorella japonica (Cnidaria, Coronatae) with respect to muscles and nerves....Pages 39-43 Rhopalium development in Aurelia aurita ephyrae....Pages 45-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Bud formation in the scyphozoan Cassiopea andromeda : epithelial dynamics and fate map....Pages 53-59 Basic morphogenetic processes in Hydrozoa and their evolutionary implications: an exercise in rational taxonomy....Pages 61-67 Regression and replacement of hydranths in thecate hydroids, and the structure of hydrothecae....Pages 69-73 Differentiation of the interstitial cell line in hydrozoan planulae....Pages 75-82 A low-molecular weight factor from colonial hydroids affects body proportioning and cell differentiation....Pages 83-89 Polyp regeneration from isolated tentacles of Aurelia scyphistomae: a role for gating mechanisms and cell division....Pages 91-97 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 Larval development and survivorship in the corals Favia favus and Platygyra lamellina ....Pages 101-108 Spawning of hermatypic corals in Bermuda: a pilot study....Pages 109-116 Annual cycle of gametogenesis and spawning in a tropical zoanthid, Protopalythoa sp.....Pages 117-123 Reproduction and developmental pathways of Red Sea Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)....Pages 125-130 Sperm morphology of scleractinians from the Caribbean....Pages 131-135 Embryonic and larval development of the sea anemone Haliplanella lineata from Japan....Pages 137-142 Developmental pathways of anthozoans....Pages 143-149 F