The Cnidaria, Past, Present and Future

The world of Medusa and her sisters
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-81009-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 855 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 2345 g

This volume presents a broad panorama of the current status of research of invertebrate animals considered belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, such as hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone, and coral. In this book the Cnidarians are traced from the Earth’s primordial oceans, to their response to the warming and acidifying oceans. Due to the role of corals in the carbon and calcium cycles, various aspects of cnidarian calcification are discussed. The relation of the Cnidaria with Mankind is approached, in accordance with the Editors’ philosophy of bridging the artificial schism between science, arts and Humanities.  Cnidarians' encounters with humans result in a broad spectrum of medical emergencies that are reviewed. The final section of the volume is devoted to the role of Hydra and Medusa in mythology and art. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dubinsky, Zvy

Goffredo, Stefano

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Genesis, Evolution, and Systematics.- Part 2 Zoogeography.- Part 3 Calcification.- Part 4 Reproduction and Population Ecology.- Part 5 Symbiosis. -Part 6 Immune system. -Part 7 Photobiology and Circadian Clock.- Part 8 Global Climate Change. -Part 9 Medical Aspects and Applications.- Part 10 Management and Conservation.- Part 11 In Myth and Art.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Stefano Goffredo is consolidating his career. His scientific initiative promises to lead marine biology towards integrative interdisciplinary syntheses. By extensive collaborations with leaders in different fields, such as physics, chemistry, computational science and photobiology SG developed multidisciplinary methodologies attacking the questions identified by his field studies with novel laboratory tools. In his research, SG has developed original aspects in the interpretation of growth and population data, population dynamics, reproductive biology and conservation monitoring. Recently, he has expanded his interests to the biomineralization in relation to environmental parameters. 

Prof. Emeritus Zvy Dubinsky of the Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences studies the response of the photosynthetic apparatus of microalgae to the intensity and spectral composition of underwaterirradiance and nutrient concentration. Dubinsky and his team focus on three systems – Phytoplankton in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean and Lake Kinneret; Zooxanthellae living as endosymbionts in reef building corals; and algal mass cultures for the production of biodiesel and fine chemicals.