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Author:   W.D. Williams
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Volume:   25
Weight:   1.080kg
ISBN:  

9789061930778

ISBN 10:   9061930774
Pages:   498
Publication Date:   31 October 1974
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface.- I. Introduction.- Position and Political Status.- Climate.- Structure and Geological History.- Vegetation.- Man.- II. Geomorphology and Quaternary Environments.- III. Limnological Studies.- Temperature.- Chemistry of Surface Waters.- Thermal Stratification.- Chemistry of Thermal Stratification.- Freshwater Biota.- Plankton Populations and Productivity.- Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- IV. Freshwater Crustacea.- Composition, Distribution and Ecology.- Zoogeographical Relationships.- Acknowledgements.- V. Native Freshwater Fish.- Distribution and Life History.- Ecology and Adaptations.- Origin and Evolution.- VI. Introduced Freshwater Fish.- Distribution and Range.- The Tasmanian Trout Fishery.- Population Dynamics of Tench.- Conservation Notes.- VII. Littoral Biogeography.- The Maugean Marine Province.- Distribution Patterns of some Tasmanian Marine Animals.- Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- VIII. The Zoogeography and Evolution of Tasmanian Oligochaeta.- The Australian Region: A World Perspective.- Earthworms and Continental Drift.- Tasmanian Earthworms — Relationships with the Australian Fauna.- Tasmanian Megascolecid Species and Aspects of their Evolution.- IX. Oniscoidea (Terrestrial Isopoda).- Ecological Distribution.- Comments on Ecological Distribution.- Geographical Distribution of Species Recorded from Tasmania.- Geographical Distribution of Genera Recorded from Tasmania.- Acknowledgements.- X. The Amphibia of Tasmania.- Taxonomy.- Distribution.- Biology.- Zoogeography.- Evolution.- Acknowledgements.- Key 1: Key to Frogs (Adults).- Key 2: Key to Male Mating Calls.- Key 3: Key to Eggs.- Key 4: Key to Tadpoles.- XI. Biogeography and Ecology of the Reptiles of Tasmania and the Bass Strait Area.- Cainozoic Climates and Pleistocene Sea Levels.- Present Climate.- Ecological Requirements of Reptiles.- The Reptile Fauna of Tasmania and the Bass Strait Area — Composition, Ecology and Distribution.- Zoogeography of the Tasmanian Reptile Fauna.- Acknowledgements.- XII. Some Problems Associated with the Avifauna.- Difficulties of Dispersal.- Species — Area Effects.- Immigration and Extinction.- Reasons for Failure to Colonize.- Introduced Species.- Changes Following Colonization.- Breeding Adaptations.- Conclusion.- Acknowledgements.- XIII. Mammals.- Major Habitat Types.- Indigenous Mammals.- Introduced Mammals.- Conclusion.- Acknowledgement.- XIV. The Biogeography of the Mammals of the Islands of Bass Strait.- The Islands of Bass Strait.- The Mammalian Fauna.- Distribution Patterns in Bass Strait.- XV. Aborigines.- Origin.- Appearance.- Shelter.- Food.- Implements.- Movement.- Culture.- XVI. Conservation.- An Historical Survey.- Recent Events.- The Present Situation.- The Biota.- Threats to Biological Conservation.- Acknowledgements.- General Index.

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