Venomous and poisonous marine animals : a medical and biological handbook
Williamson, John A.1996
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Covers the identification and biology of stinging and venomous sea creatures. Details the effects of each on humans, the appropriate first-aid treatment and medical management of victims, and ways to avoid envenomation.
Main title:
Venomous and poisonous marine animals : a medical and biological handbook / by John A. Williamson (Editor), Peter J. Fenner (Editor), Joseph W. Burnett (Editor) and Jacquie F. Rifkin (Editor)
Imprint:
Sydney UNSW Press 1996
Collation:
504 p. colour illustrations
Audience:
TertiaryGeneral
Contents:
Historical Background to Marine Envenomation -- Animal Taxonomy -- The Injuries, Their Incidence and the Toxins that Produce Them -- Marine Wound Infections -- Principles of Patient Care in Marine Envenomations and Poisonings -- Jellyfish Mechanisms -- Cnidarian Envenomation -- Anthozoans, Hydrozoans and Scyphozoans -- Cubozoans ('box jellyfish') -- International Information on Jellyfish Stings -- The Reaction of Exposed Body Surfaces to Cnidarian (and related) stings -- Phylum Echinodermata -- Phylum Mollusca -- Phylum Porifera (sponges) -- Ciguatera (fish poisoning) -- Venomous Fish -- Sea Snakes -- Marine Stings in the Gulf of Oman -- Marine Stings in Portugal -- Japanese Marine Envenomations, and Some Deaths in Okinawa -- Marine Antivenoms -- Scuba Diving Perspective -- Research Aspects. -- Mystery Syndromes Possibly Associated with Marine Envenomations -- Platypus Envenomation -- 'Stop press' information.
ISBN:
0868402796 (hbk)
Dewey class:
591.65 VEN
Local class:
591.65
Language:
English
BRN:
138385
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 591.65 VEN | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |