Description
Book SynopsisSummarizes the state of our knowledge about communication in cephalopods, including squids, cuttlefishes, octopuses, and related forms, and assesses the comparative and theoretical implications of what we know.
Trade Review"Moynihan's book is not merely an attractive and readable descriptive synthesis, but an acute commentary on the development of current theory, opening new areas and refreshingly examining cherished models." W. John Smith, University of Pennsylvania
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Chapter I Introduction: Objectives, Background, and Scope
Phylogenies, Systematics, and Distributions
Habits and Strategies
The Known Players
Characteristics and References
Chapter II The Data
Some Definitions
Senses and Means
Ritualized and Unritualized Behavior
The General Nature of the Information
Figures
Illustrations
Comments on the Drawings and Photographs
Comments on Tables 2-4
Chapter III Social and Ecological Correlations and Noncorrelations
The Meagerness of the Obvious
Stability and Change
Chpater IV Confidence Limits
Chapter V Rules and Syntax
Repertories
The Multiplication of Ritualized Patterns
Design Features
Motivation-Structural Rules
Possible Grammar
Manipulation and Choice
Chapter VI Partial Recapitulation
Chapter VII What Is to Be Done?
Bibliography
Index
