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27. An Aquatic Miscellany 



BoRRADAiLE, L. A. et al.: The Invertehrata. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1932. An in- 

 clusive detailed treatment of types of animals. Discussions include functions and 

 relationships with ecological notes. 



MacGinitie, G. E., and N. MacGinitie: Natural History of Marine Animals. New 

 York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1949. Original observations with life kept in the 

 records. For both American coasts, especially the Pacific. 



Miner, R. W.: Field Book of Seashore Life. New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1950. A 

 fieldbook of seashore animals from protozoans through the lower chordates. 

 Descriptions and illustrations of 1300 species of animals of American coastal waters 

 especially the Atlantic. Includes a list of references for the phyla in this chapter. 



Pratt, H. S.: A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals Exclusive of Insects, rev. 

 ed. Philadelphia, The Blakiston Co., 1935. Widely used, chiefly for identifications. 



SvERDRUP, H. U., M. W. Johnson, and R. H. Fleming: The Oceans, Their Physics, 

 Chemistry, and General Biology. Nev/ York, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1942. A detailed 

 treatise with extensive bibliographies for each chapter. Chapter 18, Interrelations 

 of Marine Organisms, contains a general discussion of food relations in the ocean. 



CoE, W. R.: "Biology of the Nemerteans of the Atlantic Coast of North America," 

 Transactions of Connecticut Acadenfy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 35 (1935). 



28. Annelids — Pioneers in Segmentation 



Darwin, Charles: The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms, 

 with Observations on Their Habits, 1st ed. London, John Murray, 1881. Later 

 published as Formation of Vegetable Mould. New York, D. Appleton & Co. A 

 classic that reveals Darwin's methods of observation and reasoning. 



Harvey, E. N.: Living Light. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1940. 



Harvey, E. N.: Biolnminescence. New York, Academic Press, 1952. 



MacGinitie, G. E., and N. MacGinitie: Natural History of Marine Animals. New 

 York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1949. Many photographs. Lively, meaty accounts 

 by experienced observers. Authors are at the Kerckoff Marine Laboratory, Cali- 

 fornia Institute of Technology. 



Miner, R. W.: Field Book of Seashore Life. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1950. 

 An inclusive, fully illustrated handbook. Selected references. 



Rogers, C. G.: Textbook of Comparative Physiology, 2nd ed. New York. McGraw-Hill 

 Book Co., 1938. Physiology of invertebrates; e.g., earthworm — respiration, chlora- 

 gog cells. 



LiLLiE, F. R., and E. E. Just: "Breeding Habits of the Heteronereis Form of Nereis 

 limbata at Woods Hole, Mass.," Biological Bulletin. 24:147-168 (1913). Observa- 

 tions of the spawning swarms and bioluminescence of clamworms. 



Moore. J. P.: "The Control of Blood-sucking Leeches, with an Account of the Leeches 

 of Palisades Interstate Park," Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin, 2:1-55 (1923). 



Prosser, C. L.: "The Nervous System of the Earthworm," Quarterly Review of Biology, 

 9:181-200 (1934). Emphasis on experimental studies and function. 



Robertson, J. D.: "The Function of the Calciferous Glands of Earthworms," Journal 

 of Experimental Biology (British), 13:279-297 (1936). Experimental environments 

 and diets and their effects on the calciferous organs, 



29. Arthropods — Crustaceans 



Huxley. T. H.: The Crayfish. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1880. A classic of clear, 

 accurate description of structure. No attempt to present the living animal. 



MacGinitie, G. E., and N. MacGinitie: Natural History of Marine Animals. New 

 York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1949. Chapter 27, Arthropoda, is a lively, well- 

 illustrated account that emphasizes the Pacific Coast fauna but includes much else. 



Miner, R. W.: Fieldbook of Seashore Life. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1950. A 

 compact introduction to the invertebrate animals of the Atlantic coastal waters of 

 North America. 



