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Books reviewed in this article: A review of Dental Care for the Elderly, Edited by Bertram Cohen and Hamish Thomson A review of Frontiers of Oral Physiology, Volume 6: The Aging Mouth. Edited by D.B. Ferguson A review of Biology of Normal Proliferating Cells in vitro. Relevance For in vivo Aging. By Alvaro Macieira-Coelho     

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Book reviews in this article: Smoking and Aging. Edited by Raymond Bossé and Charles L. Rose. Handbook of Longitudinal Research: Volume 1, Birth and Childhood Cohorts; Volume 2, Teenage and Adult Cohorts. Edited by S.A. Mednick, M. Harway, and K.M. Finello.     

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Books reviewed in this article: A review of Geriatric Dentistry - A Textbook of Oral Gerontology, Edited by Poul Holm-Pedersen and Harald Löe Munksgaard     

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A handbook of jield methods for research on rice stem-borers and their natural enemies. By T. Nishida and T. Torii Termite fauna of Rajasthan, India. By M.L. Roonwa1 and Geeta Bose. A guide to the physiology of terrestrial Arthropods. By J.L. Cloudesley-Thompson and Faysal Tageldin Abushama The cellular defence reactions of insects. By George Salt. The ecology of running waters. By H.B.N. Hynes. Annual Review of Entomology. Vol. 16. Edited by Ray F. Smith and Thomas E. Mittler.     

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Book Reviews in this Article: Good Intentions: How Big Business and the Medical Establishment Are Corrupting the Fight Against AIDS, Alzheimer's, Cancer and More, by Bruce Nussbaum. If I Were A Rich Man Could I Buy A Pancreas?: and other essays on the ethics of health care, by Arthur L. Caplan. Bloomington and Indianapolis Competency. A Study of Informal Competency Determinations in Primary Care. Edited by M.A. Gardell Cutter and E.E. Shelp. Ethics and Nursing Practice: A case study approach, by Ruth Chadwick and Win Tadd. Basingstoke Spare Parts: Organ Replacement in American Society by Renée C. Fox and Judith P. Swazey     

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Book Reviewed in this article Ecological Studies—Analysis and Synthesis, Volume 43. Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems—the Role of Nutrients Edited by F. J. Kruger, D. T. Mitchell and J. U. M. Jarvis Insect Ecology E. G. Mathews and R. L. Kitching Donald Thompson's Mammals and Fishes of Northern Australia Edited and annotated by Joan M. Dixon and Linda Huxley Grasses. A Guide to their Structure, Identification, Uses and Distribution in the British Isles. 3rd edition C. E. Hubbard, revised by J. C. E. Hubbard Soil Salinity Under Irrigation. Ecological Studies Number 51 Edited by I. Shainberg and J. Shalhevet Nothofagus cunninghamii (Southern Beech) Vegetation in Australia. Australian Flora and Fauna Series, Number 1 John R. Busby Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems. Developments in Hydrobiology 19 Edited by A. McLachlan and T. Erasmus, Dr W. Junk BV     

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Book reviewed in this article: Australian Dreaming. 40.000 years of Aboriginal History . Edited by Jennifer Isaacs Radio Power. A History of 3ZZ Access Radio . By Joan Dugdale Department of Anthropology, University of Western Australia Introduction to Australian Society: A Sociological Perspective . By Donald Edgar The New South Wales Wheat Frontier. 1851 to 1911 . By M. E. Robinson Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney. Heroin in Australia . By David Hirst Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Queensland. The Quest for Gaia. A Book of Changes . By Kit Pedler Drinking Careers. Occupations, Drinking Habits, and Drinking Problems . By Martin A. Plant Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin. Families in Former Times: Kinship, Household and Sexuality . By Jean-Louis Flandrin. Translated by Richard Southern Changing Images of the Family . Edited by Virginia Tufte and Barbara Myerhoff Department of Anthropology, Western Australian Museum. Give and Take. Exchange in Wola Society . By Paul Sillitoe Department of Prehistory and Anthropoloy, S.G.S. Caste: The Emergence of the South Asian Social System . By Morton Klass David Mearns Department of Anthropology, University of Adelaide. Anthropological Structures of Madness in Black Africa . By I. Sow. Translated by Joyce Diamenti Basic Problems of Ethnopsychiatry . By George Devereux Department of Anthropology, University of Otago. Who Should Know What? Social Science, Privacy and Ethics . By J. A. Barnes Department of Sociology, University of N.S.W. Arnold Van Gennep. The Creator of French Ethnography . By Nicole Belmont Department of Prehistory anrf Anthropology, Australian National University. Man, Mind, and Science. A History of Anthropology . By Murray J. Leaf Department of Sociology, University of N.S.W. The Conceptualisation and Explanation of Processes of Social Change . Edited by David Riches School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University. Day of Shining Red. An Essay on Understanding Ritual . By Gilbert Lewis Department of Prehistory and Anthropology, Australian National University. Living Archaeology . By R. A. Gould. New Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of New England Experimental Determinatiou of Stone Tool Uses: A Microwear Analysis . By Lawrence H. Keeley Division of Prehistory, La Trobe University. Archaeological Constructs. An Aspect of Theoretical Archaeology . By Jean-Claude Gardin Division of Prehistory, La Trobe University. The Performing Arts. Music and Dance . Edited by John Blacking and Joann W. Kealiinohomoku Department of Sociology, University of New England.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
INORGANIC PLANT NUTRITION. Edited by A. L äuchli & R. L. B ieleski
HANDBOOK OF PLANT CELL CULTURE. VOL. I. TECHNIQUES FOR PROPAGATION AND BREEDING. Edited by D. A. E vans , W. R. S harp , P. V. A mmirato & Y. Y amada
TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. Edited by J. M. W alker & W. G aastra
THE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF GIBBERELLINS, VOLS I AND II. Edited by A lan C rozier
AZOSPIRILLUM II. Edited by W. K lingmuller
MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN AGRICULTURE. By J. F rance & J. H. M. T hornley
GENETIC ENGINEERING: APPLICATIONS TO AGRICULTURE. Edited by L. O wens
ALGAL SYMBIOSIS. Edited by L ynda J. G off     

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Book reviewed in this article: Sweet Potato Pest Management : A Global Perspective. Edited by R.K. Jansson and K.V. Raman. E. Wajnberg, S. B. Vinson (eds.) Trichogramma and other egg parasitoids . Coll. Les Colloques de l'INRA, N° 56, 1991. Morphogenetic hormones of arthropods . Vol. III. Roles in histogenesis, organogenesis and morphogenesis. Edited by A.P. Gupta.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Plant Community History: Long-term Changes in Plant Distribution and Diversity
J. H. Tallis Global Forest Resources
A. S. Mather Species Dispersal in Agricultural Habitats
Edited by R. G. H. Bunce and D. C. Howards The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions, and Habitats of Australian Odonata
J. A. L. Watson, G. Theischinger and H. M. Abbey Monsoonal Australia: Landscape, Ecology and Man in the Northern Lowlands
Edited by C. D. Haynes, M. G. Ridpath and M. A. J. Williams, A. A. Balkema Ferns and Allied Plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia
B. D. Duncan and G. Isaac Ferns of Queensland
S. B. Andrews Introduction to Vegetation Analysis
D. R. Causton, Unwin Hyman     

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THE NORTH SEA: CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY, Edited by M. M. Sibthorp. Published for the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, by Europa Publications Ltd. 1975, 324 pp. £6.95.

MAMMALS OF THE SEA; INSTINCT AND INTELLIGENCE; PHARAOHS OF THE SEA; Jacques Cousteau, 1975, Angus and Robertson, London. All £2.80.

PYCNOGONIDS, P. E. King, 1974, St. Martin's Press, New York. $8.95.

GEOGRAPHICAL AND SEASONAL VARIABILITY OF MARINE PLANKTON. Edited by Zh. A. Zvereva. Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Zoological Institute (Translated from Russian—Israel Programme for Scientific translations, Jerusalem, 1975). 303 pp.     

Age at first coitus and choice of contraceptive method: Preliminary report on a study of factors related to cervical neoplasia

MUTATIONS: BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Edited by D. N. Walcher, N. Kretchmer, and H. L. Barnett. Masson Publishing USA Inc., 1978. 418 pp. $24.50

THE ETHICS OF SOCIAL INTERVENTION: Edited by Gordon Bermant, Herbert C. Kelman, and Donald P. Warwick. Halsted Press (Wiley), New York, 1978. 431 pp. $18.50.

HUMAN MIGRATION: PATTERNS AND POLICIES: Edited by William H. McNeill and Ruth S. Adams. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1978.     

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EFFECTS OF LOW TEMPERATURES ON BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES . Edited by G. J. Morris & A. Clark
CELL DIFFERENTIATION: MOLECULAR BASIS AND PROBLEMS . Edited by L.Edited by L. NOVER, M.LUCKNER & B. PARTHER
ECOLOGICAL BULLETINS 30. ECOLOGY OF A SUBARCTIC MIRE . Edited by M. SVENSSON
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, VOLUME 13A. PLANT CARBOHYDRATES I. INTRACELLULAR CARBOHYDRATES . Edited by F. A. LOEWUS & W. TANNER
COMPONENTS OF PRODUCTIVITY OF MEDITERRANEAN-CLIMATE REGIONS. BASIC AND APPLIED ASPECTS . Edited by N. S. M arganis & H. A. M^OONEY
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, VOLUME 13B. PLANT CARBOHYDRATES H. EXTRACELLULAR CARBOHYDRATES . Edited by W. T anner & F. A. L oewus
PHOTOSYNTHESIS BIBLIOGRAPHY, VOLUME 8 1977, VOLUME 9 1978, VOLUME 101 1979 . Edited by Z. SESTAK & J. CATSKY
THE CHANGING CLIMATE: RESPONSES OF THE NATURAL FLORA AND FAUNA. By MICHAEL J. FORD     

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Reading National Geographic Lutz, Catherine A., and Jane L. Collins. Reading National Geographic. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1993, xvii, 309 pp., illus., 2 appendices, index. Paper, $19.95, hdbk., $59.95.

The Cinema of John Marshall . Edited by Jay Ruby. New York: Harwood Academic Publications, 1992. Photographs. Maps. Charts. Index. 282 pp. Filmography. Index. $58.00 or £30, hardcover; $24.00 or £14, paper.

The Cinematic Griot Stoller, Paul, The Cinematic Griot: the Ethnography of Jean Rouch. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. 247 pp., photographs, index. $39.95 hardbound, $16.95 paper.     

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Book review in this article:
Epithelial Transport: A Guide to Methods and Experimental Analysis . Edited by N. K. Wills, L. Reuss and Simon A. Lewis.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
GIBBERELLINS–CHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY AND USE . Edited by J. R. L enton
BIOMONITORING AIR POLLUTANTS WITH PLANTS . By W. J. M anning & W. A. F eder
HORMONAL REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT, I . Edited by J. M ac M illan
PLANT GROWTH SUBSTANCES . Edited by F. S koog
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY OF PHY-TOPLANKTON . Edited by I. M orris
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH JOHN INNES SYMPOSIUM. The Plant Genome and Second International Haploid Conference . Edited by D. R. D avies & D. A. H opwood
LOW TEMPERATURE STRESS IN CROP PLANTS: the role of the membrane . Edited by J ames M. L yons , D ouglas G raham & J ohn K. R aison
TRANSPORT IN PLANTS . By U lrich L üttge & N oe H iginbotham     

Review of the genusLimnichthys (Perciformes: Creediidae) from Japan, with description of a new species

A taxonomic review of Japanese species of the creediid genusLimnichthys recognised the following:L. fasciatus, L. nitidus (a senior synonym ofL. donaldsoni) andL. orientalis sp. nov.L. fasciatus has an antitropical distribution.L. orientalis sp. nov. differs from its most similar congener,L. nitidus, in having fewer scales above and below the lateral line (2 vs. 3) and the fifth pelvic fin ray shorter or absent, and in the shape of cirri on the lower jaw.     

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Book review in this article Ecological Communities. Conceptual Issues and the Evidence Edited by D. R. Strong Jr, D. Simberloff, L. G. Abele and A. B. Thistle M. P. AUSTIN The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant Mutualisms Andrew Beattie Environmental Chemistry Peter O'Neill J. S. BURGESS Biology of Chrysopidae. Series Entomologica, Volume 27 Edited by M. Canard, Y. Semeria and T. R. New, Dr W. Junk K. LAMBKIN The Dynamic Partnership: Birds and Plants in Southern Australia Edited by H. A. Ford and D. C. Paton, D. J. Woolman G. H. PYKE Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, A. Ecosystems of the World 12A Edited by M. Evenari, I. Noy-Meir and D. W. Goodall Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, B. Ecosystems of the World 12B Edited by M. Evenari, I. Noy-Meir and D. W. Goodall B. H. WALKER Tropical Zooplankton. Developments in Hydrobiology 23 Edited by H. J. Dumont and Tundisi IAN A. E. BAYLY Landscape Ecology. Theory and Application Zev Naveh and Arthur S. Lieberman R. A. PERRY     

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CLONING AGRICULTURAL PLANTS VIA IN VITRO TECHNIQUES . Edited by B. V. C onger
EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION ON PLANTS. VOLUME 1. EFFECTS OF TRACE METALS ON PLANT FUNCTION (352 pp.). VOLUME 2. METALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT (257 pp.). Edited by N. W. L epp
STOMATAL PHYSIOLOGY . Edited by P. G. J arvis AND T. A. M ansfield
DEVELOPMENTS IN PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES. VOLUME 3. CARBON AND NITROGEN METABOLISM . Edited by J. D. B ewley
ECOLOGICAL STUDIES. VOLUME 36. PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN PLANT ECOLOGY. TOWARD A SYNTHESIS WITH ATRIPLEX , By C. B. O smond , O. B jörkman and D. J. A nderson
PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES LIMITING PLANT PRODUCTIVITY . Edited By C. B. J ohnson
MATHEMATICS AND PLANT PHYSIOLOGY . Edited by D. A. R ose and D. A. C harles -E dwards
BIOSYNTHESIS OF ISOPRENOID COMPOUNDS, VOLUME 1 . Edited by J. W. P ortkr and S. L. S purgeon
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PLANT ROOTS . Edited by R. B rouwhr , O. G apaiuková , J. K olek & B. C. L oughman
THE CELL CYCLE (Society for Experimental Biology, Seminar Series No. 10). Edited by P. C. L. J ohn