Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• Preface
• 1. Sessile animals of the sea shore
• 1.1 The shore community
• 1.2 Features of the sessile life style
• 2. The sea shore environment
• 2.1 Movements of the Sea
• 2.2 Exposure to the atmosphere
• 3. The biotic environment
• 3.1 Seaweeds and micro-organisms
• 3.2 Plankton and other animals
• Summary
• 4. Requirements for life on the shore
• 4.1 Attachment to the substratum
• 4.2 Protection of the body
• 4.3 Physiological adjustments for emersion
• Summary
• 5. Acorn barnacles
• 5.1 Structure of acorn barnacles
• 5.2 Representative intertidal barnacles
• 5.3 Structural adaptations for shore life
• 5.4 Growth of barnacles
• 5.5 Movements of barnacles
• 5.6 Reproductive specializations for shore life
• 5.7 Physiological adjustments of barnacles
• Summary
• 6. Mussels and oysters
• 6.1 Representative intertidal species
• 6.2 General organisation
• 6.3 The shell
• 6.4 Attachment to the substratum
• 6.5 Nutrition
• 6.6 Reproduction
• 6.7 Metabolic adaptations to shore life
• Summary
• 7. Tube-dwelling worms
• 7.1 Representative species from rocky shores
• 7.2. Structures related to a tubicolous life cycle
• 7.3 Tube secretion in Serpulidae and Spirorbidae
• Summary
• 8. Sea Squirts
• 8.1 Representative sea squirts from the shore
• 8.2 The integument of tunicates
• 8.3 Blood and circulation
• 8.4 Generation of feeding current
• 8.5 Sexual reproduction
• 8.6 Advantages of asexual reproduction to shore life
• Summary
• 9. Bryozoans
• 9.1 Some common bryozoans of the littoral zone
• 9.2 Protection and attachment
• 9.3 The lophophore and feeding
• 9.4 Reproductive strategies
• Summary
• 10. Sea anemones and related animals
• 10.1 General structure of sea anemones
• 10.2 Representative sea anemones
• 10.3 Anthozoan cnidae
• 10.4 Movements of sea anemones
• 10.5 Behaviour of sea anemones and its control
• 10.6 Physiological adaptations of sea anemones to shore life
• Summary
• 11. Hydroids
• 11.1 Structural organisations and examples of intertidal hydroids
• 11.2 Importance of the perisarc to hydroids
• 11.3 Movements and behaviour of hydroids
• 11.4 Hydroplasmic flow
• 11.5 Growth of thecate hydroids
• 11.6 Functions of the stolon
• Summary
• 12. Sponges
• 12.1 Structure of some littoral sponges
• 12.2 The skeletal system of sponges
• 12.3 Feeding currents and digestion
• 12.4 Growth and reproduction of sponges
• Summary
• 13. Colonization of the sea shore
• 13.1 Reproductive strategies
• 13.2 Larval mortality, dispersal and settlement
• Summary
• 14. Community structure and interactions
• 14.1 Interaction between different species
• 14.2 Interaction between members of the same species
• 14.3 Predators
• 14.4 Distribution of animals on the shore
• 14.5 The dynamic nature of the shore communities
• Summary
• Appendx: Classification of sessile shore animals
• References
• Systematic index
• Subject index