Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Alvarado, Juan José (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Solis-Marin, Francisco Alonso (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Oceanography.; Coasts.; Ecology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Coastal Sciences.

For the first time, this unique book compiles the development of echinoderm research in Latin America. The book  is comprised of 16 chapters: one introductory, 14 in depth country chapters and a final biogeographic analysis. It draws together the results of all investigations published in internatio...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America
• Echinoderms from Mexico: Biodiversity, distribution and current state of knowledge
• Central America Echinoderms: diversity, ecology and future perspectives
• Echinoderm diversity in Panama: 146 years of research across the isthmus
• Echinoderms of Colombia
• Echinoderms of Ecuador
• Echinoderms from Venezuela: scientific account, diversity and distribution
• Echinoderms of Peru
• Echinoderm from Brazil: Historical research and the current state of biodiversity knowledge
• Echinoderm Research in Uruguay
• Echinoderms from Argentina: Biodiversity, distribution and current state of knowledge
• Echinoderms of the Cuban Archipelago
• Recent echinoderms from Hispaniola Island
• Review of echinoderm research in Puerto Rico, with focus on biological and ecological aspects
• Echinoderms of the Canary Islands
• Latin America echinoderm biodiversity and biogeography: patterns and affinities
• Index
• Appendix.