Cover

Contents

List of authors

1 Introducing bryozoans

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Phylogeny and classification

1.3 Ecology of bryozoans

1.4 Economic significance

References

2 History of discovery in Australian waters

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Early collections: 1700s and 1800s

2.3 Collecting in the 1900s

2.4 Bryozoa to the present, and currentstatus of collecting

References

3 General morphology and terminology

3.1 External characteristics and astogeny

3.2 Skeletal system

3.3 Colonial tropisms, kineses and mobility

3.4 Feeding and digestive system

3.5 Interzooidal communications and the funicular system

3.6 Respiration and excretion

3.7 Degeneration and regeneration cycles

3.8 Nervous system and sense organs

3.9 Glandular systems

3.10 Reproduction

3.11 Genetic studies

References

4 Modern and Cenozoic bryozoan colony classification schemes

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Examples of bryozoan growth forms

4.3 Substratum and attachment

4.4 Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

5 Bryozoans on seamounts

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Australian seamounts

5.3 Bryozoans on Australian and New Zealand seamounts

References

6 Bryozoans and biosecurity

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Bryozoans as marine-fouling organisms

6.3 Alien bryozoans in Australia

6.4 Conclusion

References

Colour plates

7 Bryozoans and biotechnology

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Compounds isolated from bryozoans

7.3 Compounds used against bryozoans

7.4 Conclusion

References

8 Bryozoans and ocean acidification

8.1 Ocean acidification: an old, but new global problem

8.2 What can we do about acidification?

8.3 Bryozoans as potential allies

8.4 Bryozoans as ‘canaries’

8.5 Bryozoan growth models

8.6 Bryozoans as sentinels

8.7 Conclusion

References

9 Bryozoans in the marine benthos

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Temperate benthic environments

9.3 Tropical benthic environments

9.4 Environmental correlates

9.5 Bryozoans as habitat

Acknowledgements

References

10 Fossil bryozoans of Australia

Section A – Palaeozoic Era

A10.1 Introduction

A10.2 Class Stenolaemata (range Ordovician to Recent)

A10.3 Class Gymnolaemata (range Ordovician to Recent)

Section B – Mesozoic–Cenozoic Eras

B10.1 Mesozoic

B10.2 Cenozoic

References

Glossary

Index