Freshwater Mussels Tennessee

Paul W. Parmalee (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

1998
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-57233-013-9 (ISBN)

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This book, the first of its kind for Tennessee, offers a comprehensive survey of this biologically and commercially significant group of mollusks. The book traces the long history of human exploitation of mussels, from aboriginal food gathering to the growth of the cultured pearl industry. It provides an interpretive context for its exhaustive species accounts with background material on biology, distribution, economic utilization, taxonomy, and conservation issues. The authors also review the life cycle of the mussel and describe its many remarkable traits, such as its shell formation and the strategies it employs during the larval stage in parasitizing fish. The species accounts comprise 128 members of Family Unionidae - from pigtoes and pocketbooks to lilliputs and spikes - plus four additional species. The authors cover classification and synonymy, range and distribution, life history and ecology, and survival status. Particular attention is paid to shell description and structure to assist the reader in identification. Each species account includes a distribution map and color photos of two specimens.

Paul W. Parmalee is professor emeritus of zooarchaeology and director emeritus of the McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Arthur E. Bogan is curator of aquatic invertebrates at the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.12.1998
Co-Autor	Arthur E. Bogan
Verlagsort	Chicago
Sprache	englisch
Maße	203 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-57233-013-9 / 1572330139
ISBN-13	978-1-57233-013-9 / 9781572330139
Zustand	Neuware