Bereiter-Hahn / Matoltsy / Richards Biology of the Integument

Invertebrates
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-3-642-51593-4
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 844 Seiten, eBook

The integument plays an important role in the survival of meta zoans by separating and protecting them from a hostile environ ment. Its function ranges from protection against injury and in fection; partlcipation in the regulation of body temperature and water balance, to respiratory activity, monitoring of the environ ment and production of signals related to behaviour. All these result from specific structural, biochemical and physiological properties of intra-and extracellular components of the integu ment. Thus its characterization can be best accomplished by a multidisciplinary approach with authors specialized in different fields of science. This multi-author book, in two volumes, provides an up-to date survey of the literature. The first volume deals with the integument of invertebrates, the second with that of vertebrates, both organized primarily on a phylum basis. As the level of knowledge on the integument of phyla differs considerably, the information provided is correspondingly either limited or con densed. For some of the smaller groups of invertebrates little information is available, as often only a few electron micrographs are to be found in the literature; on the other hand, from the large body of knowledge existing for vertebrates, particularly for mammals, no complete overview can be provided, but publica tions giving access to further information have been reviewed critically.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bereiter-Hahn, J.

Matoltsy, A.G.

Richards, K.S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Introduction, Intercellular Junctions and Cilia.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Intercellular Junctions.- 3 Cilia.- II The Diploblastic Level.- 4 Introduction to the Diploblastic Level.- 5 Cnidaria: Cell Types.- 6 Cnidaria: Cnidae.- 7 Cnidaria: Secreted Surface.- 8 Cnidaria: Permeability, Epidermal Transport and Related Phenomena.- 9 Ctenophora.- III Acoelomata.- 10 Turbellarian Platyhelminths.- 11 Parasitic Platyhelminths.- 12 Platyhelminth Host-Parasite Interface.- 13 Nemertea.- IV Pseudocoelomata.- 14 Nematoda.- 15 Acanthocephala.- 16 Minor Pseudocoelomates.- V Annelida.- 17 Epidermal Cells.- 18 Chaetae.- 19 Cuticle.- 20 Permeability and Epidermal Transport.- VI Annelid-Related Phyla and Cuticle Evolution.- 21 Echiura and Sipuncula.- 22 Pogonophora.- 23 Evolution of the Cuticle in the Lower Eumetazoa.- VII Mollusca.- 24 Epidermal Cells.- 25 Shell.- 26 Permeability and Epidermal Transport.- VIII Arthropoda.- 27 Epidermal Cells.- 28 Chemo-, Hygro-, and Thermoreceptors.- 29 Mechanoreception.- 30 Cuticle: Biochemistry.- 31 Cuticle: Organization.- 32 Cuticle: Mechanical Properties.- 33 Cuticle: Formation, Moulting and Control.- 34 Cuticle: Ecological Significance.- 35 Cuticle and Insecticides.- IX Arthropod-Related Phyla.- 36 Onychophora.- 37 Pentastomida.- 38 Tardigrada.- X Minor Coelomate Phyla.- 39 Lophophorates.- 40 Chaetognatha.- XI Echinodermata.- 41 Epidermal Cells.- 42 Permeability and Epidermal Transport.- XII The Protochordates.- 43 Hemichordata.- 44 Urochordata.- 45 Cephalochordata.- Index to Genera.