Sponges in Time and Space : Proceedings of the 4th International Porifera Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19-23 April 1993

An overview of current research issues in the group.

Included are articles and reviews by scientists from all the disciplines involved in the study of various aspects of sponges.

These are arranged in six chapters along gradients of time (paleospongology, systematics and classification), space (biogeography, ecology and life history studies, cell biology and biochemistry) and benefits to man (natural products chemistry).

The last chapter contains a series of invited overview papers by leading authorities, together providing a summary of what has been discovered so far.

The book is recommended for invertebrate zoologists, marine and freshwater ecologists, cell biologists, earth scientists and environmental scientists.

Pharmaceutical laboratories and university libraries should also find this a useful reference.