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Coral reef ascidians of New Caledonia - Claude Monniot, Françoise Monniot, Pierre Laboute - IRD Éditions

Coral reef ascidians of New Caledonia

De Claude Monniot, Françoise Monniot, Pierre Laboute
IRD Éditions
Collection : Faune et flore tropicales
août 1991
Livre papier
format 215 x 275 248 pages En stock
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Présentation

Ascidians are common marine animals present on all types of substrata but abundant and highly diversified in warm oceans.

They represent a large portion of the underwater pictures taken by divers of the Orstom center in Noumea.

One millimeter to some decimeters in size, cryptic or brightly coloured, motionless, often in the shade, ascidians are not well known, but are present everywhere. They are surprising not only in their variable shapes but also in their unique biological characteristics. They represent the boundary between invertebrates and vertebrates, although the adults look like stones or sponges.

With a beautiful selection of photographs, the authors discuss the essential anatomy, the modes of budding, the pigments, and the spicules. The ecological requirements are detailed and symbionts, parasites and predators are reviewed. The relationship with man concerns fouling species on ships, their use as food end as a source of pharmacological products.

The final section provides a key for the identification of the most common or spectacular species.

Caractéristiques

Editeur : IRD Éditions

Auteur(s) : Claude Monniot, Françoise Monniot, Pierre Laboute

Collection : Faune et flore tropicales

Publication : 1 août 1991

Edition : 1ère édition

Intérieur : Couleur

Support(s) : Livre papier

Poids (en grammes) : 1226

Langue(s) : Anglais

EAN13 Livre papier : 9782709910507

Sommaire

General organisation of an ascidian

  1. From the egg to metamorphosis
  2. Organs of the adult ascidian
  3. Budding and regeneration: asexual reproduction
  4. From the individual to the colony: ascidian diversity
  5. polychromatism
  6. Spicules

Ecology

  1. Ecological requirements
  2. Finding, claiming, and occupying substrates
  3. Epibionts on ascidians

Symbionts, parasites, and predators

  1. Symbiotic algae
  2. Parasites and animal symbionts
  3. Predators

Ascidians and people

  1. Ascidians as food
  2. Ascidians as fouling organisms
  3. The spread of ascidians by ships
  4. Tolerance of pollution and purification of water
  5. Natural products from ascidians

Systematics

  1. Classification of the class ascidiacea
  2. Order aplousobranchia
  3. Order phlebobranchia
  4. Order stolidobranchia

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