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Author : James Fair
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780957394421
An Informal Investigation into the Complex Themes of Love, Life and Creativity, told through the Analogy of a Snail.
Author : David S Brown
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 687 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780203481448
The first half of this book is primarily a systematic survey of the snails, beginning with glossaries, keys for identification to genera and a checklist of species. This is followed by a synopsis of species, with brief notes on ecology, distribution and parasites. Relationships are then described between snails and schistosomes and with other parasites. The book goes on to consider the factors affecting snail populations and possible methods for population control.
Author : Luigi Naselli-Flores,Giampaolo Rossetti
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048199082
This book celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of publication of one of the landmarks of the modern ecological thought: the “Homage to Santa Rosalia or why are there so many kinds of animals” by George Evelyn Hutchinson. Published in 1959 in the journal “The American Naturalist”, this article has been the engine which have moved most of the ecological research on biodiversity in the last half a century. Hutchinson starts his article by telling the legend of Santa Rosalia, a hermit who died in the second half of the XIII century and who spent the last years of her life in a cave nearby a pond. In this pond Hutchinson collected two species of aquatic insects and took the inspiration to explore the reasons why life is present on our Planet in such amazing variety of forms. This article thus inaugurated the season of research on biodiversity. Researchers and students in the field of ecology are the readers to whom this book is mainly addressed but also those involved in the history of Science will find in this book useful information. Issued in 2010, which has been declared “international Year of Biodiversity” by the United Nations, this book is also a tribute to the biological diversity allowing, enriching and sustaining human life.
Author : Lloyd Knutson,Jean-Claude Vala
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521867856
Written for academic researchers and graduate students in entomology, this is the first comprehensive analysis of Sciomyzid flies. Sciomyzid flies are important as prime candidates for the biological control of snails and slugs that help transmit diseases such as schistosomiasis or are important agricultural pests. They also serve as a paradigm for the study of the evolution of feeding behavior in predatory insects. Starting with analyses of malacophagy in general and then in Diptera specifically, all important aspects of the Sciomyzidae are discussed, including behavior, ecology, life cycles, morphology, and identification. New behavioral and morphological classifications and hypotheses are proposed on the basis of unpublished information and a complete analysis of the extensive literature. Also included are keys to adults, larvae and puparia and a checklist of world species, with information on geographical range and the location of type specimens. The accompanying DVD includes Clifford O. Berg's classic film on the biology of Sciomyzidae and biological control of snails.
Author : Steven Cooke,David P. Philipp
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1444316044
Centrarchid fishes, also known as freshwater sunfishes, include such prominent species as the Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass and Bluegill. They are endemic to Eastern North America where they form part of a multi-million dollar sports fishing industry, but they have also been widely introduced around the globe by recreational anglers, in aquaculture programs and by government fisheries agencies. Centrarchid Fishes provides comprehensive coverage of all major aspects of this ecologically and commercially important group of fishes. Coverage includes diversity, ecomorphology, phylogeny and genetics, hybridization, reproduction, early life history and recruitment, feeding and growth, ecology, migrations, bioenergetics, physiology, diseases, aquaculture, fisheries management and conservation. Chapters have been written by well-known and respected scientists and the whole has been drawn together by Professors Cooke and Philipp, themselves extremely well respected in the area of fisheries management and conservation. Centrarchid Fishes is an essential purchase for all fish biologists, ecologists, fisheries managers and fish farm personnel who work with centrarchid species across the globe.
Author : Innovision Consulting Private Limited
Publisher : WorldFish
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : A. A. J. Jansen,Susan Parkinson,A. F. S. Robertson
Publisher : [email protected]
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Diseases
ISBN : 982020061X
This two volume set is devoted to a historical review of Fiji's food resources, past and present, and the approach to nutrition-related diseases and their prevention.
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789240041608
Schistosomiasis is a public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and South America. It is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) - a group of diseases and conditions that affect particularly low-income populations, worldwide. Last year, WHO launched a new road map for 2021-2030 that aims to end the suffering from NTDs by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. The road map specifically targets the elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem, globally. This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations in the following areas: prevalence thresholds, target age groups and frequency of PC, establishment of WASH and snail control activities to support control and elimination of schistosomiasis, diagnostic tests for the assessment of schistosomiasis infection in animal reservoirs, in snail hosts, and in humans. The guideline will provide support to Member States, programme managers, health workers and other stakeholders on the implementation of national schistosomiasis control and elimination programme.
Author : Peter C. Wainwright,Stephen M. Reilly
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1994-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226869957
Ecological morphology examines the relation between an animal's anatomy and physiology—its form and function—and how the animal has evolved in and can inhabit a particular environment. Within the past few years, research in this relatively new area has exploded. Ecological Morphology is a synthesis of major concepts and a demonstration of the ways in which this integrative approach can yield rich and surprising results. Through this interdisciplinary study, scientists have been able to understand, for instance, how bat wing design affects habitat use and bat diet; how the size of a predator affects its ability to capture and eat certain prey; and how certain mosquitoes have evolved physiologically and morphologically to tolerate salt-water habitats. Ecological Morphology also covers the history of the field, the role of the comparative method in studying adaptation, and the use of data from modern organisms for understanding the ecology of fossil communities. This book provides an overview of the achievements and potential of ecological morphology for all biologists and students interested in the way animal design, ecology, and evolution interact.
Author : Ian D. Jones,John P. Smol
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1105 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128227107
Wetzel’s Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, Fourth Edition, presents a fully updated revision of the classic textbook Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems - last published in 2001. The coverage has been thoroughly updated with recent research and theoretical developments. Each chapter of this edited volume has been written by an expert, or team of experts, providing a comprehensive and global perspective, with the editors working closely with the authors to maintain continuity within and between the chapters. This is not only an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in limnology but also a standard reference book for seasoned limnologists and other scientists. Chapters from the third edition have been updated by an international team of experts, incorporating developments from the past two decades Several new chapters have been added, reflecting exciting developments in the field of limnology New color illustrations and images throughout Detailed summaries at the end of each chapter
Author : Brian Keith Hall,Benedikt Hallgrímsson,Monroe W. Strickberger
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781449614843
Now with a new full color design and art program, the Fifth Edition of Strickberger's Evolution is updated with the latest data and updates from the field. The authors took care to carefully modify the chapter order in an effort to provide a more clear and student-friendly presentation of course material. The original scope and theme of this popular text remains, as it continues to present an overview of prevailing evidence and theories about evolution by discussing how the world and its organisms arose and changed over time. New boxed features concentrating on modern and exciting research in the field are included throughout the text.New and Key Features of the Fifth Edition- New Full color design and art program- Maintains the student-friendly engaging writing-style for which it is known- A reorganized chapter order provides a more clear and accessible presentation of course material.- Chapters on the evolution of biodiversity are now found on the text's website.- Access to the companion website is included with every new copy of the text.- New boxed features highlight new and exciting research in the field.
Author : Brian K. Hall,Benedikt Hallgrímsson
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 779 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781449663902
Thoroughly updated and reorganized, Strickberger's Evolution, Fourth Edition, presents biology students with a basic introduction to prevailing knowledge and ideas about evolution, discussing how, why, and where the world and its organisms changed throughout history. Keeping consistent with Strickberger's engaging writing style, the authors carefully unfold a broad range of philosophical and historical topics that frame the theories of today including cosmological and geological evolution and its impact on life, the origins of life on earth, the development of molecular pathways from genetic systems to organismic morphology and function, the evolutionary history of organisms from microbes to animals, and the numerous molecular and populational concepts that explain the earth's dynamic evolution. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.
Author : William J. Matthews
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461540663
Nearly a decade ago I began planning this book with the goal of summarizing the existing body of knowledge on ecology of freshwater fishes in a way similar to that of H. B. N. Hynes' comprehensive treatise Ecology of Running Waters for streams. The time seemed appropriate, as there had been several recent volumes that synthesized much information on a range of topics important in fish ecology, from biogeographic to local scales. For example, the "Fish Atlas" (Lee et aI. , 1980) had provided range maps and basic entry to the original literature for all freshwater fishes in North America, and in 1986 Hocutt and Wiley's Zoogeography of North American Fishes provided a detailed synthesis of virtually everything known about distributional ecology of fishes on that continent. Tim Berra (1981) had summarized in convenient map form the worldwide distribution of all freshwater fish families, and Joe Nelson's 1976 and 1984 editions of Fishes of the World had appeared. To complement these "big picture" views of fish distributions, the volume on Community and Evolutionary Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes, edited by David Heins and myself (Matthews and Heins, 1987), had provided an opportunity for more than 30 individuals or groups to summarize their work on stream fishes (albeit mostly for warmwater systems).
Author : Kenneth Carpenter
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0253345391
The meat-eating dinosaurs, or Theropoda, include some of the fiercest predators that ever lived. Some of the group's members survive to this day—as birds. The theropod/bird connection has been explored in several recent works, but this book presents 17 papers on a variety of other topics. It is organized into three parts. Part I explores morphological details that are important for understanding theropod systematics. Part II focuses on specific regions of theropod anatomy and biomechanics. Part III examines various lines of evidence that reveal something about theropods as living creatures. The contributors are Ronan Allain, Rinchen Barsbold, Kenneth Carpenter, Karen Cloward, Rodolfo A. Coria, Philip J. Currie, Peter M. Galton, Robert Gay, Donald M. Henderson, Dong Huang, James I. Kirkland, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Eva B. Koppelhus, Peter Larson, Junchang Lü, Lorrie A. McWhinney, Clifford Miles, Ralph E. Molnar, N. Murphy, John H. Ostrom, Gregory S. Paul, Licheng Qiu,J. Keith Rigby, Jr., Bruce Rothschild, Christopher B. Ruff, Leonardo Salgado, Frank Sanders, Julia T. Sankey, Judith A. Schiebout, David K. Smith, Barbara R. Standhardt, Kathy Stokosa, Darren H. Tanke, François Therrien, David Trexler, Kelly Wicks, Douglas G. Wolfe, and Lowell Wood.
Author : Dominic Murphy
Publisher : Guardian Books
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780852653555
Winner of Garden Media Guild Award for Young Gardener Initiative Recommended by BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time In The Playground Potting Shed, Dominic Murphy relates how he helped his local school establish a garden and grow a stunning array of flowers, fruit and vegetables during term-time. Week by week, he describes the small triumphs and inevitable setbacks he encountered while getting the gardening club off the ground, and shares friendly advice on everything from environmentally friendly pest control to avoiding troublesome varieties of vegetables. The result is a timely and inspiring guide that is guaranteed to get young people gardening.