Images of the Interior
Images of the Interior

Author: Philip Jones

Publisher: Wakefield Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1862545847

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The photographs in this book document some of the first European impressions of Central Australia's landscape and society, taking us behind the stereotypes to the reality of the frontier itself, long before tourism and colour photography transformed our view of the outback.

Monthly Bulletin
Monthly Bulletin

Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Library

Publisher:

Published: 1911

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13:

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Contains the list of accessions to the library, formerly (1894-1909) issued quarterly in its series of "Bulletins."

Echinoidea
Echinoidea

Author: Heinke A.G. Schultz

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-10-23

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13: 3110386003

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This book is the second volume of two books about sea urchins (echinoids) since 1953 (Th. Mortensen). The detailed and coloured illustrated descriptions enable the reader to identify all species living today in our oceans. Recent scientific searchings are included. Volume II. describes the Irregularia with bilateral symmetry, including the well known "sand dollars" and "heart urchins", living mostly more or less deeply burrowed in the substrat.

Leptocephali
Leptocephali

Author: Eugenia B. Böhlke

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-10-23

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1933789336

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Part Nine in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series describes in two volumes 180 species in 85 genera (19 families) of eels and related gulper eels found in the western and mid-Atlantic, and the unique larvae known as leptocephali (168 species).Specialist authorships of its sections include detailed species descriptions with keys, life history and general habits, abundance, range, and relation to human activity, such as economic and sporting importance. The text is written for an audience of amateur and professional ichthyologists, sportsmen, and fishermen, based on new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of existing information. Species are illustrated by exceptional black and white line drawings, accompanied by distribution maps and tables of meristic data.

A Guide to Land Snails of Australia
A Guide to Land Snails of Australia

Author: John Stanisic

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2022-07

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1486313531

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Australia's native land snails are an often-overlooked invertebrate group that forms a significant part of terrestrial biodiversity, with an estimated 2500 species present in Australia today. A Guide to Land Snails of Australia is an overview of Australia's native and introduced land snail faunas, offering a greater understanding of their role in the natural environment. The book presents clear diagnostic features of live snails and their shells, and is richly illustrated with a broad range of Australia's native snail, semi-slug and slug species. Comprehensive coverage is also included of the many exotic species introduced to Australia. In a unique bioregional approach, the reader is taken on a trek through some of Australia's spectacular regional landscapes, highlighting their endemic and special snail faunas. This section is supplemented with key localities where species can be found.