
Environment and Animal Development
Genes, Life Histories and Plasticity
Bios Scientific Publishers Ltd
Published on 15. June 2001
Book
Hardback
374 pages
978-1-85996-184-1 (ISBN)
Description
Animal Developmental Ecology is the first book to focus specifically on the interactions between the environment and developmental mechanisms with particular emphasis given to the consequences for animal populations. The underlying premise of the book is that the study of physiological mechanisms alongside the analysis of adaptive values will enable rapid advances in our knowledge of this important field. With contributors from well-known experts, the book will be invaluable for all postgraduates and researchers in this area.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
810 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85996-184-1 (9781859961841)
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Persons
D. Atkinson, M. Thorndyke
Content
Contributors, Abbreviations, Preface, 1 The nature of animal developmental ecology, 2 Molecular ecology and identification of marine invertebrate larvae, 3 Hormonal regulation of reproductive development in crustaceans, 4 Rearing lobsters at different temperatures; effects on muscle phenotype and molecular expression, 5 Impact of temperature on the growth and differentiation of muscle in herring larvae, 6 Lipid dietary effects on environmental stress tolerance, 7 Influence of environmental factors on the ontogeny of the immune system in turbot, 8 Developmental ecology of immunity in crustaceans, 9 Contaminant-mediated pro-/antioxidant processes and oxidative damage in early life stages of fish, 10 Endocrine disrupters, critical windows and developmental success in oyster larvae, 11 Interrupted development in aquatic organisms: ecological context and physiological mechanisms, 12 Interrupted development: the impact of temperature on insect diapause, 13 Development and hatching in cephalopod eggs: a model system for partitioning environmental and genetic effects on development, 14 Offspring size responses to maternal temperature in ectotherms, 15 Growth strategies of ectothermic animals in temperate environments, 16 Mechanisms and patterns of selection on performance curves: thermal sensitivity of caterpillar growth, 17 Fitness consequences of seasonal reproduction: experiments on the polychaete Nereis virens Sars, 18 Overwintering biology as a guide to the establishment potential of non-native arthropods in the UK, Index