Oar feet and opal teeth : about copepods and copepodologists /

"Oar Feet and Opal Teeth is an extended introduction to the form and biology of the small (at most a few millimeters) crustaceans known as copepods, as a group Copepoda. Brief biographical sketches of more than 20 practicing copepodologists emphasize their commitment to understanding these keys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Charles B., 1940- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Planktonic copepods have those oar feet
  • The front end
  • Let's go inside
  • Alpha taxonomy I: distinguishing species
  • Alpha taxonomy II: values of names species
  • About feeding I: various modes
  • Feeding II: more about eating
  • Not being eaten I: Diel vertical migration
  • Not being eaten II: other defenses
  • Meeting and mating
  • Reproduction
  • Development
  • Sex determination in copepods
  • Chromatin diminution
  • copepodite diapause: North Atlantic
  • Copepodite diapause: in other oceans
  • Egg diapause
  • Molecular genetics applied to copepods
  • Beta taxonomy I: how speciation works
  • Beta taxonomy II: copepods in the stream of time
  • Modern taxonomy and copepod phylogeny.