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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521420830
ISBN-139780521420839
eBay Product ID (ePID)798138
Product Key Features
Number of Pages248 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCephalopod Behaviour
Publication Year1996
SubjectLife Sciences / Marine Biology, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaScience
AuthorJohn B. Messenger, Roger T. Hanlon
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight27.3 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-010249
Dewey Edition23
Reviews'This is an excellent book and can be highly recommended ... It should find its way to the bookshelves of any biologist ... For its content, visual beauty, clarity, and passion - get yourself a copy now!' Dr Marek Lipinski, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 'This book is the first of its kind ... It opens up what will for most readers be a new world. And about time too.' Martin J. Wells, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 'An exceptionally handsome book … highly recommended for its aesthetics as much for its science. Working with cephalopods is a joy and a challenge. Both the joy and the challenge are brought to life in this book … an excellent book for behaviourists interested in cephalopods from a comparative perspective …'. Animal Behaviour, 'An exceptionally handsome book ... highly recommended for its aesthetics as much for its science. Working with cephalopods is a joy and a challenge. Both the joy and the challenge are brought to life in this book ... an excellent book for behaviourists interested in cephalopods from a comparative perspective ...'. Animal Behaviour, ‘An exceptionally handsome book … highly recommended for its aesthetics as much for its science. Working with cephalopods is a joy and a challenge. Both the joy and the challenge are brought to life in this book … an excellent book for behaviourists interested in cephalopods from a comparative perspective …’.Animal Behaviour, '... an essential volume for anyone working in almost any field of cephalopod behaviour, physiology or ecology.'Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 'This book is the first of its kind ... It opens up what will for most readers be a new world. And about time too.'Martin J. Wells, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, '… compact and easy to use … it succeeds well in providing a comprehensive text for students, marine biologists, and anyone interested in an up-to-date review of the behaviour of one of the most fascinating invertebrate groups.' P. R. Boyle, Biologist, '... compact and easy to use ... it succeeds well in providing a comprehensive text for students, marine biologists, and anyone interested in an up-to-date review of the behaviour of one of the most fascinating invertebrate groups.'P. R. Boyle, Biologist, 'An exceptionally handsome book ... highly recommended for its aesthetics as much for its science. Working with cephalopods is a joy and a challenge. Both the joy and the challenge are brought to life in this book ... an excellent book for behaviourists interested in cephalopods from a comparative perspective ...'.Animal Behaviour, ‘… an essential volume for anyone working in almost any field of cephalopod behaviour, physiology or ecology.’Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, ‘This book is the first of its kind … It opens up what will for most readers be a new world. And about time too.’Martin J. Wells, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, '... compact and easy to use ... it succeeds well in providing a comprehensive text for students, marine biologists, and anyone interested in an up-to-date review of the behaviour of one of the most fascinating invertebrate groups.' P. R. Boyle, Biologist, 'This book is the first of its kind … It opens up what will for most readers be a new world. And about time too.' Martin J. Wells, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, '... an essential volume for anyone working in almost any field of cephalopod behaviour, physiology or ecology.' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, '… an essential volume for anyone working in almost any field of cephalopod behaviour, physiology or ecology.' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 'This is an excellent book and can be highly recommended … It should find its way to the bookshelves of any biologist … For its content, visual beauty, clarity, and passion - get yourself a copy now!' Dr Marek Lipinski, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 'This is an excellent book and can be highly recommended ... It should find its way to the bookshelves of any biologist ... For its content, visual beauty, clarity, and passion - get yourself a copy now!'Dr Marek Lipinski, ICES Journal of Marine Science, ‘This is an excellent book and can be highly recommended … It should find its way to the bookshelves of any biologist … For its content, visual beauty, clarity, and passion - get yourself a copy now!’Dr Marek Lipinski, ICES Journal of Marine Science
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal594/.5
Table Of ContentPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Senses, effectors and the brain; 3. Colour change and body patterning; 4. Feeding and foraging; 5. Defence; 6. Reproductive behaviour; 7. Communication; 8. Learning and the development of behaviour; 9. Ecological aspects of behaviour; 10. Nautilus; Epilogue; References; Index.
SynopsisThere are about 700 species of cephalopods (cuttlefishes, squids, octopuses and the chambered nautiluses) living throughout the seas of the world, some between the tides, others in the deep ocean, and yet others in the surface waters. Cephalopods are considered to be the most highly evolved marine invertebrates and possess elaborate sense organs, large brains and complex behaviour. This 1996 book examines that behaviour, summarizing field and laboratory data from a wide variety of sources in a comprehensive account of the life of cephalopods in their natural habitats. It surveys the way they find prey and escape predators, how they reproduce, how they learn and how they communicate using complex body patterns. Throughout it emphasizes the gaps in our knowledge in the hope of stimulating more biologists to study these beautiful and fascinating animals., There are about 700 species of cephalopods (cuttlefishes, squids, octopuses and the chambered nautiluses) living throughout the seas of the world. This 1996 book examines their behaviour, summarizing field and laboratory data from a wide variety of sources in a comprehensive account of the life of cephalopods in their natural habitats., There are about 700 species of cephalopods (including the cuttlefishes, squids, octopods, and the chambered nautilus) living throughout the seas of the world. They are considered to be the most highly evolved marine invertebrates and possess elaborate sense organs, large brains and complex behavior. This book examines such behavior, summarizing field and laboratory data from a wide variety of sources in the first comprehensive account of the life of cephalopods in their natural habitats. This book surveys the way cephalopods find prey and escape predators, how they reproduce, how they learn, and how they communicate using complex body patterns. Throughout, the volume emphasizes the gaps in our knowledge in the hope of stimulating more biologists to study these beautiful and fascinating animals. Researchers in animal behavior, marine biology, and neuroscience will find the subject matter especially appealing.
LC Classification NumberQL430.2 .H37 1996
