The Biodiversity Observation Network in The Asiapacific Region

Shallow water marine molluscan faunas are distributed in a pattern of distinct, geographically definable areas. This makes mollusks ideal for studying the distribution of organisms in the marine environment and the processes and patterns that control their evolution.

Editors: Kudo, Gaku (Ed.)
Is the first book summarizing the structure and uniqueness of Japanese mountain ecosystems
Provides a wide scope of mountain ecosystems, covering microbes to forests and terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
Comprises chapters that contain unique methodologies and the latest reviews of various fields in ecology
Presents many interesting, diverse, and new insights on the impact of global change on natural ecosystems