The Biology of Pelagic Tunicates

• First full account in fifty years of this important group of marine animals
• Includes keys to aid identification of tunicates
• Highlights areas where further research is needed
• Contains numerous diagrams and micrographs illustrating structure and function

Readership: Marine Biologists, Oceanographers, Zoologists.

Edited by Q. Bone, Marine Laboratory, Plymouth

Introduction
Chapter 1 - Anatomy of Thaliacea
Chapter 2 - Anatomy of Appendicularia
Chapter 3 - Locomotion, locomotor muscles and buoyancy
Chapter 4 - Nervous system, sense organs and excitable epithelia
Chapter 5 - Feeding and energetics of Thaliaceans
Chapter 6 - The Appendicularian house
Chapter 7 - Salp and pyrosomid blooms and their importance in biogeochemical cycles
Chapter 8 - Feeding and metabolism of appendicularians
Chapter 9 - Life history of the appendicularians
Chapter 10 - The role of appendicularia in marine food webs
Chapter 11 - The parasites and predators of Thaliacea
Chapter 12 - Bioluminescence in the Appendicularia
Chapter 13 - The cladistic biogeography of salps and pyrosomas
Chapter 14 - Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography
Chapter 15 - Molecular phylogeny of tunicates. A preliminary study using 28 Sribosomal RNA partial sequences: implications in terms of evolution and ecology
Chapter 16 - The relationships and systematics of the Thaliacea, with keys for identification
Chapter 17 - The classification of Appendicularia
References
Taxonomic Index
Subject Index