Invertebrate Biology: A Functional Approach by P. Calow (English) Paperback Book

Description: Invertebrate Biology by P. Calow Courses on the invertebrates have two principal aims: (1) to introduce students to the diversity of animal life and (2) to make them aware that organisms are marvellously integrated systems with evolutionary pasts and ecological presents. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Courses on the invertebrates have two principal aims: (1) to introduce students to the diversity of animal life and (2) to make them aware that organisms are marvellously integrated systems with evolutionary pasts and ecological presents. This text is concerned exclusively with the second aim and assumes that the reader will already know something about the diversity and classification of invertebrates. Concepts of whole-organism function, metabolism and adaptation form the core of the subject-matter and this is also considered in an ecological setting. Hence, the approach is multi-disciplinary, drawing from principles normally restricted to comparative morphology and physiology, ecology and evolutionary biology. Invertebrate courses, as with all others in a science curriculum, also have another aim - to make students aware of the general methods of science. And these I take to be associated with the so-calledhypothetico deductive programme. Here, therefore, I make a conscious effort to formulate simple, some might say naive, hypotheses and to confront them with quantitative data from the real world. There are, for example, as many graphs in the book as illustrations of animals. My aim, though, has not been to test out the principles of Darwinism, but rather to sharpen our focus on physiological adaptations, given the assumption that Darwinism is approximately correct. Whether or not I succeed remains for the reader to decide. Table of Contents 1. Introduction.- 1.1 Functional Biology — What is It?.- 1.2 The Invertebrates.- 1.3 The Physiological Approach.- 1.4 Physiology and Fitness.- 1.5 The Last Word on Genetics.- 2. Acquisition.- 2.1 Why Feed?.- 2.2 What is Eaten and How?.- 2.3 Detailed Consideration of What Should Be Eaten.- 2.4 How Much to Eat.- 2.5 Gut Form and Function.- 2.6 Digestibility.- 2.7 Movement of Food Through the Gut.- 2.8 Control.- 3. Respiration.- 3.1 Molecular Basis.- 3.2 Oxygen Availability and Uptake.- 3.3 Levels of Metabolism.- 3.4 Routine Metabolism and the Effect of Body Size.- 3.5 Metabolism Associated with Feeding.- 3.6 Active Metabolism.- 3.7 Effect of Temperature.- 4. Excretion.- 4.1 What is It?.- 4.2 The Excretory System.- 4.3 Energy Costs and Benefits.- 4.4 Secretions.- 5. Growth.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Metabolic Basis.- 5.3 Distribution of limited and Unlimited Growth.- 5.4 Cellular Basis.- 5.5 Adaptational Aspects.- 5.6 On When to Stop Growing.- 5.7 Storage as a Special Kind of Growth.- 5.8 Allometric Growth.- 5.9 On Growth and Ageing.- 5.10 On Degrowth and Rejuvenation.- 6. Reproduction.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Sexual Gamete Production, Fertilisation and Early Development.- 6.3 Marine life-cycles and the Trade-off Between Egg Size and Numbers.- 6.4 Eggs of Terrestrial and Freshwater Invertebrates.- 6.5 The Complex Insect life-cycle.- 6.6 The Cost of Reproduction For Parental Survival (Iteroparity v. Semelparity).- 6.7 Reproduction Without Sex.- 7. Integration.- 7.1 Why the Holistic Approach is Important.- 7.2 The Energy Budget as an Integrating Equation.- 7.3 Scope for Growth in Mytilus.- 7.4 Integration Under Temperature Stress.- 7.5 Integration Under Food Stress.- 7.6 Modelling Metabolism.- References.- Glossary of Symbols.- Index of Organisms. Promotional Springer Book Archives Long Description Courses on the invertebrates have two principal aims: (1) to introduce students to the diversity of animal life and (2) to make them aware that organisms are marvellously integrated systems with evolutionary pasts and ecological presents. This text is concerned exclusively with the second aim and assumes that the reader will already know something about the diversity and classification of invertebrates. Concepts of whole-organism function, metabolism and adaptation form the core of the subject-matter and this is also considered in an ecological setting. Hence, the approach is multi-disciplinary, drawing from principles normally restricted to comparative morphology and physiology, ecology and evolutionary biology. Invertebrate courses, as with all others in a science curriculum, also have another aim - to make students aware of the general methods of science. And these I take to be associated with the so-calledhypothetico Details ISBN0709900015 Author P. Calow Language English ISBN-10 0709900015 ISBN-13 9780709900016 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1981 Imprint Kluwer Academic Publishers Subtitle A Functional Approach Place of Publication Dordrecht Country of Publication Netherlands DEWEY 592 Pages 184 Short Title INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY 1981/E Publication Date 1981-01-04 Edition 1981st Illustrations 16 Illustrations, black and white; 184 p. 16 illus. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4684-8451-9 Publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Edition Description 1981 ed. Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96365593;

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