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This volume comprises the most comprehensive single account of the marine fauna of British and adjacent water ever produced. It is intended as a bench work for both the professional and amateur marine biologist, as well as for graduate and postgraduate students. It describes and illustrates more than 2000 species, from selected protozoans to fish, found in the coastal waters of the British Isles and north-western Europe. All benthic habitats are covered, and
repesentatives from estuarine and supralittoral faunas included. Each major family is introduced, with notes on representative species and short bibliographies listing the relevant literature. Techniques are suggested for their collection and dichotomous keys provided for their identification. Essentially a
practical manual, taxonomic and synonymic detail is kept to a minimum with emphasis given to identification procedures.
List of contents
List of contributors; List of illustrators; P.J. Hayward: Introduction; F.T. Banner, E.W. Knight-Jones, and J.M. Wright: Protozoa; P.E.J. Dyrynda and E.A. Dyrynda: Porifera; P.F.S. Cornelius, R.L. Manuel, and J.S. Ryland: Cnidaria; R. Gibson and E.W. Knight-Jones: Platyhelminthes and Nemertea; A. Nelson-Smith, P. Knight-Jones, and E.W. Knight-Jones: Annelida; E.W. Knight-Jones and J.S. Ryland: Sipuncula, Priapulida, Echiura, Pogonophora, and Entoprocta; M.J. Issac and J. Moyse: Crustacea I: Entomostraca; M.J. Issac, P. Makings, E. Naylor, G. Smaldon, and R.G. Withers: Crustacea II: Malacostraca Peracarida; J. Moyse and G. Smaldon: Crustacea III: Malacostraca Eucarida; P. Elliott, P.E. King, C.I. Morgan, P.J.A. Pugh, A. Smith, and S.L.A. Wheeler: Chelicerata, Uniramia, and Tarigrada; Index.
Summary
Describes and illustrates more than 2000 species, from selected protozoans to fishes, found in the coastal waters of the British Isles and north-western Europe. The text will benefit research workers in marine biology and ecology, amateur marine biologists and participants in field courses.
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All readers will appreciate the publication of this up to date and comprehensive guide to the marine fauna of the seas around the British Isles, at a price that they can afford ... the definitive identification guide to all the common species of British marine invertebrates ... The illustrations are excellent line drawings, so thorough that they can be used to separate species that are almost identical ... The first chapter gives an excellent introduction to aspects of the marine environment ... The concise guide is highly recommended and should be regarded as essential reading and the first choice on your Christmas list. It should also be on the shelf of every Public Library as it is clearly the leading book on the subject.
