paleonet New Treatise volume

["Kaesler, Roger L" <kaesler@xxxxxx>]

Dear colleagues:

The University of Kansas Paleontological Institute, in conjunction with GSA, is pleased to announce the publication in December 2003 of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part E (Revised), vol. 2, Porifera, Introduction: xxvii + 349 p., 135 fig., 10 tables, hardbound, ISBN 0-8137-3130-5.

This volume was edited by Roger L. Kaesler with coordinating author J. Keith Rigby and authors R. E. H. Reid, R. M. Finks, and J. Keith Rigby.  This is the second volume in the revision of the Porifera.  It is devoted entirely to introductory material, with chapters on general features of the Porifera; morphology, phylogeny, and classification of the Demospongea, Lyssacinosa, and Hexactinellida; glossary; reproduction and development; physiology; functional morphology and adaptation; variability and variation; ecology and paleoecology; evolution and ecological history; geographic and stratigraphic distribution; and techniques of study.  Also included are a comprehensive reference list and an index.  

A volume on the systematics of the Porifera is in preparation with publication planned for the late spring, 2004.

For information on this and other Treatise volumes please visit  http://www.ukans.edu/~paleo/treatise.html and follow the link to the Treatise Volume database.

For ordering information please contact the GSA Bookstore at http://www.geosociety.org/bookstore/


Roger L. Kaesler
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