Edward J. Petuch

Biogeography and Biodiversity of Western Atlantic Mollusks (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to use quantitative methodologies to define marine molluscan biogeographical patterns, tracing the historical development of these arrangements for the subtropical and tropical western Atlantic. Drawing on his decades of intensive field work, the author defines three provinces (Carolinian, Caribbean, and Brazilian) and 15 subprovinces, and discusses the ancestral biogeographical regions that gave rise to the recent provincial and subprovincial patterns. The book presents maps and color photographs of over 400 species of rare and seldom seen shells.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040197271
• Artikelnr.: 72583777

Autorenporträt

Edward J. Petuch, Ph.D., is a professor of geology in the Department of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, where he teaches courses on oceanography, paleontology, and physical geology. Petuch has collected fossil and living mollusks in Australia, Papua-New Guinea, the Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Japan, the Mediterranean coast of Europe, the Bahamas, Mexico, Belize, Brazil, and Uruguay. This research has led to the publication of more than 100 papers. His 14 previous books are well-known research texts within the malacological and paleontological communities.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: American Molluscan Faunas in Time and Space. The Molluscan
Provincial Concept in the Tropical Western Atlantic. Provinces of the
Tropical Western Atlantic. Molluscan Biodiversity in the Georgian
Subprovince. Molluscan Biodiversity in the Subprovinces of the Florida
Peninsula. Southern and Western Subprovinces of the Carolinian Province.
Northern Subprovinces of the Caribbean Province. Molluscan Biodiversity in
the Nicaraguan Subprovince. Molluscan Biodiversity in the Venezuelan
Subprovince. Molluscan Biodiversity in the Grenadian and Surinamian
Subprovinces. Northern Subprovinces of the Brazilian Province. Molluscan
Biodiversity in the Paulinian Subprovince. Bibliography. Appendices.
Index.