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Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas

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  • © 1977

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Authors:
  1. Felix Wiedenmayer

    1. Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Experientia Supplementum (EXS, volume 28)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-7
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  2. Abstract

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    Pages 9-9

  3. Introduction

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    Pages 11-12

  4. Acknowledgments

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    Pages 13-14

  5. List of abbreviations

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    Pages 14-14

  6. Previous literature on Bahamian sponges

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    Pages 15-16

  7. Material and methods

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    Pages 17-18

  8. Classification

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    Pages 19-24

  9. Intraspecific variability and speciation in sponges

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    Pages 25-29

  10. Glossary

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    Pages 30-51

  11. Taxonomic procedure, nomenclature

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    Pages 52-53

  12. Systematic descriptions

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    Pages 54-190

  13. Ecology

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    Pages 191-238

  14. Zoogeography

    • Felix Wiedenmayer
    Pages 239-248

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 249-331
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About this book

During the period the sponges described herein were which were used only sporadically in the past and were collected (1963-7), the author was a Research Associate regarded as of marginal value until two decades ago, at the Department of Geology, University of Illinois, paleontology and embryology, are now receiving great participating in a research project on carbonate attention. They have already brought drastic revisions to sediments of the Bimini area, directed by Prof. William systematics, with regard to redefinition and classification W. Hay (Department of Geology, University of Illinois. of higher taxa. Other approaches have recently emerged utilizing biochemistry, histology, cytology, autecology, now at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric and zoogeography, and these promise significant ad­ Science, University of Miami) and supported by the National Science Foundation. The objective of this pro­ vance in the delimitation and classification oflower taxa. ject was a study of the relationship between the carbo­ The rapidly changing state of sponge taxonomy is reflect­ nate sediments of the Bimini area and the benthonic ed in the paucity of definitive (i. e. widely accepted) revisions of genera and families. The lack of stability and fauna and flora, especially with regard to skeletal ele­ ments contributed to the sediment.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland

    Felix Wiedenmayer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas

  • Authors: Felix Wiedenmayer

  • Series Title: Experientia Supplementum

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5797-0

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-5797-0Published: 21 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1664-431X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3692

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 331

  • Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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