- Publish Date February 28, 2007
- Standard Number ISBN 0-940228-69-6
- Page Count 216 pp
- Price $20.00 (softcover)
This book is a product of the SFBay2K Project, the California Academy of Sciences' biotic survey of the bottom-dwelling animals of the San Francisco Bay. The survey took place between 2000 and 2004, and invovled Academy scientists and educators, as well as local high school teachers and students. The results of these collaborative efforts have added to our knowledge of Bay animals and illuminated many research questions. The field guide is intended for amateur and professional naturalists, teachers, college students, scientists, and anyone else who would like to "dig a little deeper" towards understanding the animals inhabiting San Francisco Bay.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. The Natural Bay
3. Humans and the Bay
4. Naming and Classifying Organisms
5. Acknowledgements
6. Maps
7. Illustrations of Habitats
8. Pictorial Guide to the Groups Covered
9. The Porifera
10. The Coelenterata (Cnidaria)
11. The Platyhelminthes
12. The Nemertea
13. The Ectoprocta (Bryozoa)
14. The Kamptozoa (Entoprocta)
15. The Sipuncula
16. The Mollusca
17. The Annelida
18. The Nematoda
19. The Arthropoda
20. The Echinodermata
21. The Urochordata
22. The Vertebrata
23. Glossary
24. References
25. Systematic List of Taxa (as they appear in the guide)
26. Organism Index