About the Author:
RICHARD C. BRUSCA is Director of Conservation and Research at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, and also holds adjunct research positions at the University of Arizona and CIAD (Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo), Mexico. Dr. Brusca is a widely recognized invertebrate zoologist, marine biologist, and Sea of Cortez and Sonoran Desert naturalist. - The late GARY J. BRUSCA was Professor Emeritus at Humboldt State University. For 35 years he focused his research on the ecology and systematics of hyperiid amphipods, also writing on a variety of other subjects in journals and textbooks.
Review:
In terms of cost, completeness and scholarship, I find this text to be the best available. --Peter W. Glynn, Bulletin of Marine Science
The second edition of Invertebrates ... combines old and new with great success and makes a strong and useful contribution to modern perspectives on the invertebrates. ... this edition is strengthened by many attractive color photographs of diverse organisms or structures. ... This book's strengths lie in its phylogenetic approach, description and illustration of structural anatomy, and discussion of organism traits. ... I can highly ... recommend this book to all biologists and students interested in a modern perspective on invertebrate structure and evolutionary relationships." --Richard B. Emlet, Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
The second edition of Invertebrates ... combines old and new with great success and makes a strong and useful contribution to modern perspectives on the invertebrates. ... this edition is strengthened by many attractive color photographs of diverse organisms or structures. ... This book's strengths lie in its phylogenetic approach, description and illustration of structural anatomy, and discussion of organism traits. ... I can highly ... recommend this book to all biologists and students interested in a modern perspective on invertebrate structure and evolutionary relationships." --Richard B. Emlet, Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
The second edition of Invertebrates ... combines old and new with great success and makes a strong and useful contribution to modern perspectives on the invertebrates. ... this edition is strengthened by many attractive color photographs of diverse organisms or structures. ... This book's strengths lie in its phylogenetic approach, description and illustration of structural anatomy, and discussion of organism traits. ... I can highly ... recommend this book to all biologists and students interested in a modern perspective on invertebrate structure and evolutionary relationships." --Richard B. Emlet, Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
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