| Description | This DVD-ROM holds a taxonomic reference work covering over 2,600 plankton species, classified under 1300 higher taxa occuring in the South Atlantic Region. Included Medusae, Siphonophorae, Ctenophora, Chaetognatha, planktonic Tunica and Polychaeta, pelagic Gastropoda and Cephalopoda, and a vast group of planktonic Crustacea. Sixteen of the 28 groups treated have new interactive, illustrated keys to family, genus or species level. For most groups geographic and vertical distribution patterns in the South Atlantic, from the equatorial waters to the Antarctic circumpolar belt, are given. General introductory information on morphology, reproduction, development, feeding, production rates, etc. is included, and the literature references provided will help to guide the student toward the relevant papers on each subject. |
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