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Brusca, Richard Charles was born on January 25, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Finny John and Ellenora C. (McDonald) Brusca.
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Invertebrates, Second Edition presents a modern survey of the 34 animal phyla (plus the Protista) and serves as both a college course text and a reference on invertebrate biology. Thorough and up-to-date, it is organized around the themes of bauplans (body plans) and evolution (phylogenetics). Each phylum is organized in a standardized fashion, treating the systematics, bauplan (support and movement, feeding and digestion, circulation and gas exchange, excretion and osmoregulation, nervous system, reproduction and development), and phylogeny. Detailed classifications, phylogenetic trees, and references for all phyla are provided. Tables summarize each phylum's defining attributes. The text is accompanied by an abundance of detailed line drawings and new to this edition color photographs. Other key changes from the First Edition (1990) include: * the incorporation of new developments in phylogenetics, developmental biology, and molecular genetics * major changes at the highest levels among the invertebrates. Three phyla that appeared in the original book—Pentastomida, Pogonophora, and Vestimentifera—no longer exist, and a new phylum, Cycliophora, has been erected. Moreover, this edition discusses recent work in molecular systematics that has shaken classic views on animal classification. * a large new section on "Kingdom Protista" (replacing "Protozoa") containing new contemporary views of these organisms (arranged in 18 phyla).
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Brusca, Richard Charles was born on January 25, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Finny John and Ellenora C. (McDonald) Brusca.
Bachelor of Science, California Polytechnic State University, 1967. Master of Science, California State University, Los Angeles, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, University Arizona, 1975.
Curator, researcher Aquatic Insects Laboratory, California State University, Los Angeles, 1969—1970. Resident director University Arizona and University Sonora (Mexico) Cooperative Marine Laboratory, 1970—1971. Professor biology University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1975—1986.
Head Invertebrate Zoology section Los Angeles County Museum Natural History, 1984—1987. Joshua L. Baily curator, chairman department invertebrate zoology San Diego Natural History Museum, 1987—1993. Professor, director graduate program in marine biology University Charleston, South Carolina, 1993—1998, associate director Grice Marine Laboratory, 1993—1998.
Senior research scientist Columbia University, 1998—2001. Research scientist, department ecology and evolutionary biology University Arizona, since 1998. Executive director Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, 2003—2009.
Director academy programs Catalina Marine Science Center, University Southern California, 1980—1983. Adjunct professor Centro de Investigación en Alimentaciónew york Desarrollo, since 1999. Field researcher Northern, Central and Southern Americans, Galapagos Island, Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, Saharan & Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagaskar, Europe, Caribbean.
Board directors Organization for Tropical Studies, Slocum-Lunz Foundation, Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans, Sonoran Sea Aquarium, Tucson, Discover Life in American, Southern Arizona Buffelgrass Coordination Center, Comunidad y Biodiversidad, Mexico. Member panels NAS/National Science Foundation. Chairperson advisory committee Smithsonian Institution.
Advisory committee Systematics Agenda 2000. Chairperson advisory committee, inland waters crustacea specialist International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission. Member advisory board All Species Foundation, 2001.
Member advisory board School Natural Resources University Arizona, since 2003. Member Governors Inhesive Species Advisory Council, Arizona. Member science and technical advisory team Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, Pima County, Arizona, 2005—2009.
Expert panel member Friends of Saguaro National Park.
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Member AAAs, Crustacean Society (president), Society for Systematic Biology, Willi Hinnig Society, U. Edinburgh Biogeography Study Group, S. American Exploreres Club, Association Sea of Cortez Researchers (honorary life), Sigma Xi.
Married Caren Irene Spencer, 1964 (divorced 1971). Married Anna Mary Mackey, 1980 (divorced 1987). Children: Alec Matthew, Carlene Anne.
Married Wendy Moore, 1998.