The Cnidaria, Past, Present and Future The world of Medusa and her sisters /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Goffredo, Stefano (Editor), Dubinsky, Zvy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Oceanography.; Animal ecology.; Aquatic ecology.; Invertebrates.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Animal Ecology.

This volume presents a broad panorama of the current status of research of invertebrate animals considered belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, such as hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone, and coral. In this book the Cnidarians are traced from the Earth’s primordial oceans, to their response to the warming a...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1 Genesis, Evolution, and Systematics
• Part 2 Zoogeography
• Part 3 Calcification
• Part 4 Reproduction and Population Ecology
• Part 5 Symbiosis. -Part 6 Immune system. -Part 7 Photobiology and Circadian Clock
• Part 8 Global Climate Change. -Part 9 Medical Aspects and Applications
• Part 10 Management and Conservation
• Part 11 In Myth and Art.