A natural history of shells:
Geerat Vermeij wrote this "celebration of shells" to share his enthusiasm for these supremely elegant creations and what they can teach us about nature. Most other popular books on shells emphasize the identification of species, but Vermeij uses shells as a way to explore major ideas in bi...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Geerat Vermeij wrote this "celebration of shells" to share his enthusiasm for these supremely elegant creations and what they can teach us about nature. Most other popular books on shells emphasize the identification of species, but Vermeij uses shells as a way to explore major ideas in biology. How are shells built? How do they work? How did they evolve? With these questions in mind, the author lucidly - and charmingly - demonstrates how shells give us insights into the lives of animals in our own day as well as in the distant geological past. As snails, clams, and other molluscs enlarge their shells, they inscribe a detailed record of the everyday events and unusual circumstances that mark their lives. Moreover, the fossil record that chronicles the history of life is replete with shells of extinct species. Vermeij draws on comparisons of shells from different parts of the world and from successive geological periods to argue that predators have played a decisive role in the evolution of shells. Architectural specialization, he argues, is dictated by the risks, rewards, costs, and benefits imposed by predators and competitors on shell-builders living in a dangerous world. This book will be of interest both to amateur shell collectors and to scholars, and its lively review of evolutionary history should prove especially appealing to a general audience. |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 207 S. Ill. |
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A Natural History of
SHELLS
BY
Geerat J Vermeij
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINCETON NEW JERSEY
CONTENTS
PREFACE vii
Chapter 1: Shells and the Questions of Biology 3
PART I: THE RULES OF SHELL CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 2: Themes and Variations: The Geometry of Shells 9
An Introduction to Molluscs 9
The Logarithmic Spiral and the Conservation of Shape 16
The Diversity of Shell Shapes 18
Handedness and the Notion of Constraint 21
Growth and Form: The Inadequacy of the Logarithmic Spiral 27
Episodic Growth 31
Internal Remodeling 32
Arthropods and Molluscs Compared 35
The Evolution of Geometric Diversity 36
Chapter 3: The Economics of Construction and Maintenance 39
Mineral Availability 40
Energetics and Calcification 42
Solutions to Dissolution • 45
Structure and Strength 50
The Shell as a Burden 51
An Evolutionary Perspective on Cost 52
Annotated Bibliography 54
PART II: LIFEINADANGEROUSWORLD:
How SHELLS WORK
Chapter 4: The Mechanics of Shells 61
Rigors of the Upper Shore 63
Life in Waves and Currents 68
Life as a Swimmer or Floater 76
Life on Sandy and Muddy Bottoms 81
Burrowing 83
The Riddle of Specialization 91
Chapter 5: Predators and Their Methods 94
Predation and Selection: The Evolutionary Importance of Failure 95
Finding the Victim 98
CONTENTS
Pursuit 100
Capture and Subjugation 100
The Geography of Death 108
A Geographic Perspective on Risk 110
Chapter 6: Coping with Enemies: The Shell as Protection 113
Detection and Recognition 113
Silent Movement and Rapid Escape 115
Interfering with Manipulation 116
Shell-Wall Thickening 122
Corrugations and Buttresses 125
Reducing the Effects of Damage 129
Guarding the Entrance 135
The Shell as an Offensive Weapon 140
Chemical Defense 142
Intimate Associations 143
Annotated Bibliography 149
PART III: THEDIMENSIONOFTIME
Chapter 7: A Historical Geography of Shells 153
The Geography of Tropical Marine Life 155
Historical Geography of the Tropics 157
Historical Perspective on Tropical Molluscs 160
The Temperate and Polar Regions 166
Extinction and Invasion 170
Chapter 8: Evolutionary Economics: The Rise and
Fall of Adaptive Themes 174
A Chronology of the History of Life 175
The Evolution of Enemies 179
The Invasion of Sediments and Rocks 182
Molluscan Responses 183
The Economics of Specialization 189
The Evolutionary History of the Housing Market 192
Molluscan History and the World Economy 197
Annotated Bibliography 200
INDEX 203
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