Mollusca: Metabolic Biochemistry and Molecular Biomechanics

by Peter W. Hochachka (Editor)

The Mollusca, Volume 1: Metabolic Biochemistry and Molecular Biomechanics provides information pertinent to the advances in the traditional areas of biochemistry and in other developed areas that have become a part of molluskan biochemistry. This book discusses the developments in the various aspects of molecular biomechanics and environmental biochemistry. Organized into 11 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the phylum Mollusca. This text then provides information about the general features of the main classes and their evolution, the anatomical organization of mollusks, and a classification of the primary taxonomic groups of mollusks. Other chapters consider the functional mechanical properties of two protein rubbers found in molluskan connective tissues. This book discusses as well the mechanical properties of molluskan mucins. The final chapter deals with the significance of quinone tanning in mollusks. This book is a valuable resource for researchers of the Mollusca and other phyla, as well as to teachers and qualified graduate students. Biochemists and physiologists will also find this book useful.

12 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1983

About the author

Peter William Hochachka was a Canadian zoologist with a special interest in biochemical adaptation to the environment.

He earned his M.Sc. from Dalhousie University and a Ph.D. from Duke University (1964).

He was a professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia from 1966 until 2002, wrote or co-wrote seven books and published over 400 articles.

He was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal (1990), the Canada Council Killam Memorial Prize in Science (1993) and the NSERC Gold Medal for Science and Engineering (1995). He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 1983 and an Officer of the Order of Canada since 1999.