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Long titles have been summarised in this content list. |
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| Shumway and Parsons (2006) , Scallops | Morely (2004) New Zealand Seashells |
| Helm (2005) Hatchery Culture of Bivalves: A Practical Manual | Stott (2005) Oyster |
| Strayer, and Smith (2003) Sampling freshwater mussels | Alexandrowicz (2004) Fossil Molluscs in Poland |
| Tebble 2005 British Bivalve Seashells CD | Egorev (2005) Treasure of Russian shells. |
| Cameron, et al (2005) Land mollusc diversity. | Schutt (2005) Turkish land snails |
| Sturm et al (2006) The Mollusks (practical guide) | |
SANDRA E SHUMWAY AND JAY PARSONS 2006
Scallops: Biology, Ecology and Aquaculture
New Edition.
Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science 35 series
1500 pages / Hardcover / £122.00 / approx. $222/€177 ISBN:
0444504826 Elsevier
Scallops are of great economic importance, support both commercial fisheries
and mariculture efforts and occupy a unique niche in the marine environment.
Contributions from world leaders in scallop research and culture cover
all facets of scallop biology including anatomy, taxonomy, physiology,
ecology, larval biology and neurobiology. Chapters are also devoted
to diseases and parasites, genetics, population dynamics and the adductor
muscle, with extensive reference lists provided for each chapter.
Since the publication of the first edition in 1991, commercial interest
in scallops has grown globally and this reflected in the seventeen extensive
chapters covering both fisheries and aquaculture for all species of
scallops in all countries where they are fished or cultured. The Second
Edition is the only comprehensive treatise on the biology of scallops
and is the definitive reference source for advanced undergraduate and
graduate students, mariculturists, managers and researchers. It is a
valuable reference for anyone interested in staying abreast of the latest
advances in scallops.
Hatchery Culture of Bivalves: A Practical Manual
200 pages / Softcover / £37.00 / approx. $68/€54 / ISBN:
9251052247 Food and Agriculture Organisation
This manual is a synthesis of current methodologies pertinent to the
intensive hatchery culture of bivalve molluscs. It encompasses both
the similarities and differences in approach in rearing clams, oysters
and scallops in different climatic zones. All aspects of the culture
process are described, together with basic considerations in choosing
a site for hatchery development and in the design of a suitable facility.
It also includes the post-hatchery handling of larvae in remote setting
and also of spat in both land- and sea-based nurseries. This document
is intended to assist both technicians entering the field as well as
entrepreneurs researching investment opportunities in bivalve culture.
STRAYER, D.L. & D.R. SMITH 2003
A guide to sampling freshwater mussel populations
American Fisheries Society Monograph, 8: xi + 103 pp. Bethesda, Maryland
(American Fisheries Society). ISBN 1-888569-506.
British Bivalve Seashells CD
CD book for Windows and Mac, with fully searchable text and navigation.
/ £22.91 / approx. $42/€34 / ISBN: 1904690378 / Pisces Conservation
Norman Tebble's "British Bivalve Seashells" was first published
in 1966, with a second edition 10 years later. With black and white
text-figures by Cynthia O'Brien, and 12 colour plates by J.V. Brown,
this small volume provides both a excellent introduction for the beginner,
and a valuable reference work for experienced amateurs and professionals.
The clear and practical nature of the text and keys, and the quality
of the illustrations, make this work invaluable for anyone wishing to
study bivalves.
Pisces Conservation are releasing "British Bivalve Seashells"
on CD with the permission of the Natural History Museum, London. The
CD is for Windows PCs and Macs, with fully searchable text and hyperlinks
for ease of navigation. The quality of reproduction of illustrations
and text is excellent. The books are in Adobe Acrobat pdf format (with
free Reader software supplied), allowing high-quality printing of the
text and plates.
CAMERON, R.A.D., J.C. NEKOLA, B.M. POKRYSZKO & F.E. WELLS (EDS.) 2005
Pattern and process in land mollusc diversity
Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 68: 157 pp. Perth
(Western Australian Museum). ISBN 1-920843-25-6.
Table of contents:
R.A.D. CAMERON, B.M. POKRYSZKO & F.E. WELLS: Alan SOLEM'S work on
the diversity of Australasian land snails: an unfinished project of
global significance; pp. 1-10.
F. NAGGS & D. RAHEEM: Sri Lankan snail diversity: faunal origins
and future prospects; pp. 11-30.
N.A. ARAVIND, K,P. RAJASHEKHAR & N.A. MADHY ASTHA: Species diversity,
endemism and distribution of land snails of the Western Ghats, India;
pp. 31-38.
J.C. NEKOLA: Geographic variation inrichness and shell size of eastern
North American land snail communities; pp. 39-52.
G.M. BARKER: The character of the New Zealand land snail fauna and communities:
some evolutionary and ecological perspective; pp. 53-102.
M.B. SEDDON, P. TATTERSFIELD, D.G. HERBERT, B. ROWSON, C.N. LANGE, C.
NGEREZA, C.M. WARUI & J.A. ALLEN: Diversity of African forest mollusc
faunas: what have we learned since SOLEM (1984); pp. 103-114.
B.M. POKRYSZKO & R.A.D. CAMERON: Geographical variation in the composition
and richness of forest snail faunas in northern Europe; pp. 115-132.
K.A. TRIANTIS, K. VARDINOYANNIS & M. MYLONAS: Area and habitat relationships
in island land snail faunas: an Aegean case study exploring the charas
model; pp. 133142.
A.M. DE FRIAS MARTINS: The shaping of a species the Azorian Drouetia
Gude (Pulmonata: Zonitidae: Oxychilus) as a model; pp. 143- 157.
STURM C, PEARCE T AND VALDES A (editors) 2006
The Mollusks: A Guide to their Study, Collection and Preservation
A vastly expanded and updated version of the 1974 107pp ‘How to
study and collect shells’ by AMU.
445 pp, 101 fig. 29 international contributors with chapters on collecting
and cleaning shells, digital and film imaging, dredging, cladistics
and molecular techniques. 31 chapters incl. Chapters on the seven extant
classes.
$35.95. Information at http://universal-publishers.com/book.php?method=ISBN&book=1581129300
The publisher, American Malacological Society, is a not-for-profit organization.
Revenue from the book will help defray costs of scientific program,
student scholarships and grants. AMS earns more from sales via the publisher
than through commercial ventures.
A Photographic Guide to Seashells of New Zealand
Photographic Guides Series (New Holland Natural History) Series. New
Holland Publishers
143 pages, col photos, b/w line illus, map. Softcover / £7.99
/ approx. $15/€12 / ISBN: 869660447
This book is a guide for anyone interested in identifying and learning
about shells. The well-known name seashell in the title refers to marine
molluscs; it includes chitons, bivalves, tusk shells, gastropods and
species without shells such as octopus. Most of the common shells are
described, plus a few rare ones. The book contains colour photographs
illustrating key identification features of 165 species. The compact
size, and easy-to-use format make this the ideal pocket size travelling
companion.
Oyster
224 pages, 100 illustrations, 30 in colour. Reaktion Books Animal Series
Softcover / £12.95 / approx. $24/€19 / ISBN: 1861892217
Excellent cultural history of the oyster, brimful of anecdote.
Oysters are the ultimate aphrodisiac: Casanova is said to have eaten
50 raw oysters every morning with his mistress of the moment, in a bathtub
designed for two. Whether oysters truly have exciting properties is
open to debate, but like all seafoods, they contain high amounts of
phosphorus and iodine, which are believed to be conducive to stamina.
Author and food expert M.F.K. Fisher wrote: "There are many reasons
why an oyster is supposed to have this desirable quality ... Most of
them are physiological, and have to do with an oyster's odour, its consistency,
and probably its strangeness.'
As well as an aphrodisiac, the oyster has since the earliest times been
an inspiration to philosophers, artists, poets, chefs, gourmets, epicures
and jewellers. It has been pursued by poachers and thieves, and defended
by oyster-police and parliaments.
In Oyster, literary historian and radio broadcaster Rebecca Stott tells
the extraordinary story of the oyster and its pearl, revealing how this
curious creature has been used and depicted in human culture and what
it has various meant to those who have either loved or loathed it: the
Romans carried much sought-after British oysters across the Alps on
the backs of donkeys to be eaten as delicacies at banquets in Rome,
whilst by contrast Woody Allen once famously said "I will not eat
oysters. I want my food dead - not sick, not wounded - dead'.
Using many unusual images and anecdotes, Oyster will appeal to oyster
lovers and haters everywhere, and for those too who have an interest
in the way animals such as the oyster have woven themselves into the
fabric of our culture.
"This new series promises to be addictive.'- Desmond Morris
Molluscan assemblages of Late Glacial and Holocene calcareous
Tufas in southern Poland
Folia Quaternaria, 72: 3-309. Krak6w. ISSN OO15-573X.
Treasure of Russian shells. Supplement 3
A review of the genera of the recent terrestrial pectinibranch molluscs
(synopsis mainly based on published data).
Part 1. Neritopsiformes. Hydrocenoidei, Helicinoidei. - Moscow: 58 pp.
ISSN 10252517.
Turkish land snails
4th, revised and enlarged edition. - Solingen (Verlag Natur & Wissenschaft):
559 pp. ISBN 3-93661637-X.
Ammonite
Glaucus marginatus Bergh, 1860. © D. Riek (http://www.roboastra.com/)
Beddomea trifasciatus (lowland form). © The Natural History Museum, London.