Description
Physiology of Molluscs: A Collection of Selected Reviews is an informative two-volume sent that brings together some of the most important recent and unique developments in molluscan physiology.
Volume One focuses on shell structure, mineralization, the dynamics of calcium transport, shell drilling, byssus proteins, locomotion, and reproduction. Volume Two includes reviews on the neural mechanisms of learning, reproductive behavior, responses to environmental stress and hormones, and neurotransmitters.
With the rapid development of cutting-edge proteomic, molecular biological, and cellular imaging techniques, our understanding of molluscan physiology, specifically in the areas of neurobiology, reproductive biology, and shell formation, has increased exponentially over the last several years. With contributions from some of the world’s leading experts in the field of molluscan physiology, this valuable two-volume set fills this void and will serve as an important resource for researchers, professors, and students.
Chapters report on a variety of recent developments and new understanding, including
• biology of byssus threads
• physiology of reproduction in cephalopods
• learning and memory of molluscs
• endocrine disruption in molluscs
• nautilus biology and behavior
• cephalopod locomotion
• neuronal circuitry in molluscs
• reproductive endocrinology
• bioactive peptides in molluscs
The reviews in these two volumes will make a significant contribution to our understanding not only of molluscan physiology but also the physiology of animals in general.
Table of Contents
Volume 1:
Developing Perspectives on Molluscan Shells, Part 1: Introduction and Molecular Biology
Kevin M. Kocot, Carmel McDougall, and Bernard M. Degnan
Developing Perspectives on Molluscan Shells, Part 2. Cellular Aspects
Kenneth Simkiss
Drilling into Hard Substrate by Naticid and Muricid Gastropods: A Chemo-Mechanical Process Involved in Feeding
Eric S. Clelland and Nicole B. Webster
The Role of Metal Ions in the Mussel Byssus
Antje Reinecke and Matthew J. Harrington
Physiology of Envenomation by Conoidean Gastropods
Baldomero M. Olivera, Alexander Fedosov, Julita S. Imperial, and Yuri Kantor
Escape Responses by Jet Propulsion in Scallops
Helga E. Guderley and Isabelle Tremblay
Locomotion of Coleoid Cephalopods
Jean Alupay and Jennifer Mather
Key Molecular Regulators of Metabolic Rate Depression in the Estivating Snail Otala lacteal
Christopher J. Ramnanan, Ryan A. Bell, and John-Douglas Matthew Hughes
Gastropod Ecophysiological Response to Stress
Marie-AgnèsCoutellec and Thierry Caquet
Volume 2:
Associative Memory Mechanisms in the Pond Snail Lymnaeastagnalis
Gaynor E. Spencer, Cailin M. Rothwell, and Paul R. Benjamin
From Likes to Dislikes: Conditioned Taste Aversion in the Great Pond Snail (Lymnaeastagnalis)
E. Ito, S. Kojima, K. Lukowiak, and M. Sakakibara
Stress, Memory, Forgetting and What Lymnaea Can Tell Us about a Stressful World
Ken Lukowiak
Learning and Memory in the Living Fossil, Chambered Nautilus
Jennifer Basil and Robyn Crook
The Cephalopod Brain: Motion Control, Learning, and Cognition
Tamar Gutnick, Tal Shomrat, Jennifer A. Mather, and Michael J. Kuba
Endocrine Control of Gametogenesis and Spawning in Bivalves
Makoto Osada and ToshieMatsumot
The Physiology of Reproduction in Cephalopods
Carlo Di Cristo
The Physiology of Pre- and Post-Copulatory Sexual Selection in Simultaneously Hermaphroditic Freshwater Snails
Joris M. Koene
Reproductive Strategies in Stylommatophoran Gastropods
Bruno Baur and AnetteBaur
Physiological Functions of Gastropod Peptides and Neurotransmitters
Spencer T. Mukai and FumihiroMorishita
Index