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Galápagos Marine Invertebrates

Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin’s Islands

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Matthew J. James

    1. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, USA

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Part of the book series: Topics in Geobiology (TGBI, volume 8)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Marine Invertebrate Evolution in the Galápagos Islands

    1. Introduction

      • Matthew J. James
      Pages 1-5

  3. Oceanographic Setting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Galápagos Islands and Their Relation to Oceanographic Processes in the Tropical Pacific

      • Francisco P. Chavez, Richard C. Brusca
      Pages 9-33

  4. Meiofauna and Annelida

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. The Meiofauna of the Galápagos

      • Wilfried Westheide
      Pages 37-73

    3. The Polychaete Fauna of the Galápagos Islands

      • James A. Blake
      Pages 75-96

  5. Coelenterata

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. El Niño and Coral Reef Development in the Galápagos Islands

      • Mitchell W. Colgan
      Pages 99-120

  7. Marine Cave Fauna

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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    2. Anchialine Fauna of the Galápagos Islands

      • Thomas M. Iliffe
      Pages 209-231

  8. Mollusca

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
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    2. The Marine Mollusks of the Galápagos

      • E. Alison Kay
      Pages 235-252

    3. The Marine Mollusks of the Galápagos Islands

      • Yves Finet
      Pages 253-280
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Marine Invertebrate Evolution in the Galapagos Islands MATTHEW J. JAMES 1. Perspective of This Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Directions for Future Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Plan of This Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. Perspective of This Volume Charles Darwin brought the Galapagos Islands to the attention of zoologists, botanists, and geologists following the six-week visit of H. M. S. Beagle to the islands in 1835. Since then published research on the biota of the islands, partic­ ularly in multiauthored volumes, has focused on terrestrial plants and animals. The present volume is designed specifically to provide a summary of work on the marine invertebrate fauna. One deviation from that objective was the inclusion of a chapter on land snails, which proved to be a good choice because the phylum Mollusca is now covered more thoroughly in this volume than in any single previous scholarly work on the Galapagos. The academic bottom line with this book is to elucidate the evolutionary responses of shallow water, benthic marine invertebrates to the unique set of insular conditions that exist in the Galapagos Islands. The route taken to that objective has many paths including taxonomic revision, determining biogeo­ graphic affinities, and examining the ecological requirements of species. The information presented here is for some groups from the islands the first stage in a thorough process that can eventually lead to an understanding of the phylogeneticrelationships of these species.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, USA

    Matthew J. James

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Galápagos Marine Invertebrates

  • Book Subtitle: Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin’s Islands

  • Editors: Matthew J. James

  • Series Title: Topics in Geobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0646-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43794-6Published: 30 November 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0648-9Published: 29 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0646-5Published: 22 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0275-0120

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 474

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology

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