Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America
Author: A. G. Beu
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13:
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Tropical Deep-sea Benthos
Author: Virginie Héros
Publisher: French National Museum Natural History
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 816
ISBN-13: 9782856536148
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTropical Deep-Sea Benthos is an ongoing series on the deep-sea fauna of the tropical Indo-Pacific. It is the continuation of Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM.
Central America, Two Volume Set
Author: Jochen Bundschuh
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2012-04-12
Total Pages: 1392
ISBN-13: 0203947045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn integrated treatment of the principal fields of classical and applied geosciences of Central America, this authoritative two-volume monograph treats the region as a whole, exploring geology, earth resources and geo-hazards across political boundaries. It reviews the published literature, and supplements it with an abundance of information from o
Nearshore Marine Paleoclimatic Regions, Increasing Zoogeographic Provinciality, Molluscan Extinctions, and Paleoshorelines, California
Author: Clarence A. Hall
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780813723570
DOWNLOAD EBOOKApproximately 3000 middle and late Cenozoic nearshore marine molluscan taxa from western California are assigned to six time periods, spanning ~25 m.y. In this interdisciplinary study, western California is palinspastically restored for each of the time periods by backsliding and back-rotating large fault blocks or crustal units. Marine fossil assemblages are assigned to nearshore paleoclimatic regions or water masses within palinspastically restored California. In addition, this volume reveals positive feedback mechanisms between paleolatitudinal changes in sea-surface paleotemperature gradients and changes in the diversity of marine mollusks along the California coast through time; defines "equable" based effective temperatures; and analyzes extinction rates among macroinvertebrate marine taxa from coastal California and the possible causes of these extinctions. The late Paleogene to Neogene faunas reflect an increase in faunal diversity related to strengthened temperature gradients, greater extremes in sea-surface temperatures, reduction in temperateness, and the development of an embayed California coastline.
Central America
Author: Jochen Bundschuh
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 736
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn integrated treatment of the principal fields of classical and applied geosciences of Central America, this authoritative two-volume monograph treats the region as a whole, exploring geology, earth resources and geo-hazards across political boundaries. It reviews the published literature, and supplements it with an abundance of information from ongoing investigations and internal reports. Covering a region rich in geological resources and where natural disasters are frequent, the monograph provides a solid foundation for local and international institutions concerned with land-use, infrastructure, water and energy resources, and mining, as well as with hazard reduction and disaster prevention.
Origin and Evolutionary Radiation of the Mollusca
Author: Malacological Society of London. Centenary Symposium
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 470
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Mollusca are a large, diverse, and economically important group that ranges from slugs and snails through clams and oysters to octopus, squid, and cuttlefish. They are evolutionarily ancient and better known than most invertebrate groups because of their calcareous skeletons, which has led to their excellent preservation as fossils. This is a state-of-the-art summary of research into Molluscs and their evolution, including recent developments in phylogenetic analysis and molecular techniques. Since the last book on this topic was published in 1985, the vast amount of updated information found here should be on the bookshelf of every zoologist, evolutionary biologist, and taxonomist.
Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca
Author: Winston Ponder
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2008-03-25
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780520250925
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Ponder and Lindberg provides a breathtaking overview of the evolutionary history of the Mollusca, effectively melding information from anatomy, ecology, genomics, and paleobiology to explore the depths of molluscan phylogeny. Its outstanding success is due to thoughtful planning, focused complementary contributions from 36 expert authors, and careful editing. This volume is a must for malacologists."—Bruce Runnegar, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles "Our understanding of the phylogeny and evolutionary history of the mollusca has been revolutionized over the past two decades through new molecular data and analysis, and reinvestigation of morphological characters. In this volume Ponder, Lindberg, and their colleagues do a wonderful job of integrating this work to provide new perspectives on the relationships of the major molluscan clades, their evolutionary dynamics, and their history. Particularly timely is the coverage of molluscan evo-devo and genomics."—Douglas H. Erwin, Curator of Paleozoic Invertebrates, National Museum of Natural History
