A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters

A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters PDF Author: Diana S. Jones
Publisher: New Holland Publishing Australia Pty Limited
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
A complete summary of Australia's known crustaceans.A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters is a complete summary of Australia's known crustaceans. It is the only book of its kind. This second edition incorporates up-to-date information, checked by world experts, and even features the recently discovered subterranean crustaceans, some of which have never - literally - seen the light of day. This book will be of interest to fishermen, both amateur and professional. Marine zoologists, research organisations and fisheries will find it useful for identification and other purposes. For the general reader, it will open a door on the competitive and often dangerous life of ocean-dwellers.

The Waterbug Book

The Waterbug Book PDF Author: John Gooderham
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 9780643066687
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
Freshwater invertebrates identification guide for both professionals and non-professionals. Contains a key to all the macroinvertebrate groups and photographs of live specimens.

Zoological Catalogue of Australia: 3B. Crustacea: Malacostraca, Eucarida (pt. 2), Decapoda-Anomura-Brachyura

Zoological Catalogue of Australia: 3B. Crustacea: Malacostraca, Eucarida (pt. 2), Decapoda-Anomura-Brachyura PDF Author:
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 9780643067929
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 664

Book Description
The published works are derived from the Zoological catalogue of Australia database. Taxa in the Australian fauna are divided among volumes to form sets of about 1800-2000 species available names, such that each volume comprises the whole or part of one or more major groups.

A Guide to Australia's Spiny Freshwater Crayfish

A Guide to Australia's Spiny Freshwater Crayfish PDF Author: Robert B. McCormack
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643103864
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
"This publication describes Australia's Euastacus crayfish, the largest of the 10 genera of Australian freshwater crayfish. We cover the full 50 Euastacus species found in Australia, from the iconic giant Murray lobsters (Euastacus armatus), which are recreationally fished, to the exceedingly rare tiny species, like Euastacus maidae from the New South Wales-Queensland coastal border region ... The Euastacus crayfish are referred to as 'spiny crayfish' because they have impressive arrays of spines on their hard armoured shells."--Preface.

A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos

A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos PDF Author: Cleveland P. Hickman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
This third field guide in the Galapagos Marine Life Series describes and illustrates with color photographs 184 shrimps, lobsters, crabs, and barnacles from the Galapagos Islands. Most appear in living color for the first time in any publication. The result of eight years research by the authors. This comprehensive treatment continues the highly respected standard for previous volumes in the series. -- Amazon.com.

Crabs, Hermit Crabs and Allies

Crabs, Hermit Crabs and Allies PDF Author: Gary C. B. Poore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
The world's largest island offers a cornucopia of marine life of interest to professionals as well as those who just delight in life under the sea. This colorful new publication covers many of the species found on the shores and on reefs in shallow water on the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand and in the deeper waters of the Bass Strait and beyond, including Japan and South Africa. For easy recognition, species descriptions are accompanied with stunning color illustrations and detailed drawings. Also included are maps, comprehensive reference information, scientific and common name indexes and a glossary. Crabs, Hermit Crabs and Allies is part of a series of Museum Victoria field guides to marine life. This series aims to include common animals and each guide covers a different group of marine life, and future titles planned are: An Introduction to Marine Life, Shrimps, Pawns and Lobsters, Barnacles and Sea Spiders and Seaslugs.

The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef PDF Author: Pat Hutchings
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643099972
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396

Book Description
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is 344 400 square kilometres in size and is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. This comprehensive guide describes the organisms and ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. Contemporary pressing issues such as climate change, coral bleaching, coral disease and the challenges of coral reef fisheries are also discussed. In addition,the book includes a field guide that will help people to identify the common animals and plants on the reef, then to delve into the book to learn more about the roles the biota play. Beautifully illustrated and with contributions from 33 international experts, The Great Barrier Reef is a must-read for the interested reef tourist, student, researcher and environmental manager. While it has an Australian focus, it can equally be used as a baseline text for most Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Winner of a Whitley Certificate of Commendation for 2009.

Field Guide to the Seashores of South-Eastern Australia

Field Guide to the Seashores of South-Eastern Australia PDF Author: Christine Porter
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486315135
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
The types of plants and animals that live on seashores in temperate regions are similar around the globe, but many of the individual species in south-eastern Australia are found only in this region. Field Guide to the Seashores of South-Eastern Australia features colour photographs, descriptions and ecological notes for around 240 species of the more common plants and animals found on rocky, sandy and muddy shores along the coastline from Port Lincoln, South Australia, to the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, and Tasmania. This guide will allow beachgoers to learn interesting details about the plants and animals they come across, while also having sufficient scientific detail for natural history enthusiasts and biology students to develop their understanding of these shore ecosystems.
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