| Description |
xi, 348 pages : color illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. Terrestrial and freshwater environments -- 1. Terrestrial worms -- 2. Snails, slugs and other molluscs -- 3. Yabbies, slaters and other crustaceans -- 4. Spiders, scorpions and other arachnids -- 5. Centipedes, millipedes, springtails and silverfish -- 6. Freshwater insects -- 7. Grasshoppers and their relatives -- 8. Lacewings, scorpion flies and small insects -- 9. Flies and true bugs -- 10. Beetles -- 11. Sawflies, bees, wasps and ants -- 12. Butterflies and moths -- 13. Freshwater fishes -- 14. Frogs -- 15. Freshwater turtles -- 16. Lizards -- 17. Snakes -- 18. Birds -- 19. Monotremes and marsupials -- 20. Placental mammals -- Part II. Marine environments -- 21. Sessile invertebrates -- 22. Jelly-like or free-floating animals -- 23. Marine worms -- 24. Sea stars and other echinoderms -- 25. Marine molluscs -- 26. Crustaceans and sea spiders -- 27. Marine fishes -- 28. Marine mammals |
| Summary |
Contains colour photographs of over 700 animals, with descriptions of each species, information about behaviour and habitat, maps and includes essays about the wildlife in and around Melbourne |
| Analysis |
Freshwater Life,aquatic, freshwater, animal,Spiders & Scorpions,arachnids,arachnology,spiders-scorpions, animal,Other bugs,insects,entomology,other-bugs, animal Insects,entomology,bugs, insects,animal,Marine Life, marine, marine biology, animal,Frogs & Reptiles,vertebrates,herpetology,amphibians, freshwater,amphibians-reptiles, animal,Birds & Mammals,ornithology,aves,mammalogy, birds-mammals, animal, behind the scenes, museum-research |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references: (pages 333-338) index |
| Notes |
Museum Victoria 2006 |
| Subject |
Animals -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Identification.
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Marine animals -- Australia -- Victoria -- Port Philip Bay -- Identification
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Natural history -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
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Zoology -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
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Animals -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
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Habitat (Ecology) -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
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| SUBJECT |
Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787
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| Author |
Museum of Victoria.
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
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| LC no. |
2007386943 |
| ISBN |
9780643092549 |
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0643092544 |
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