Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Classification of slugs.- 1.2 Survey of slug families.- 1.3 History of the British slug fauna.- 1.4 Slugs of the British Isles.- 2. Structure.- 2.1 External features.- 2.2 Internal anatomy.- 2.3 Integument.- 2.4 Locomotion.- 2.5 Shell.- 3. Feeding, digestion and metabolism.- 3.1 Feeding and digestion.- 3.2 Energy metabolism.- 3.3 Carbohydrate metabolism.- 3.4 Lipid metabolism.- 3.5 Calcium metabolism.- 3.6 Nitrogen metabolism.- 4. Vascular system, water relations and nitrogenous excretion.- 4.1 Vascular system.- 4.2 Water relations.- 4.3 Nitrogenous excretion.- 5. Reproduction.- 5.1 Reproductive tract.- 5.2 Spermatogenesis, oogenesis and fertilization.- 5.3 Egg.- 5.4 Mating and egg laying.- 5.5 Control of reproduction.- 5.6 Genetics.- 6. Nervous system, sensory structures and neurosecretion.- 6.1 Nervous system.- 6.2 Sensory structures.- 6.3 Endocrinology.- 6.4 Control of water balance.- 6.5 Control of locomotion.- 6.6 Control of reproduction.- 6.7 Control of feeding.- 6.8 Cardioregulation.- 7. Behaviour.- 7.1 Feeding behavior.- 7.2 Chemoreception.- 7.3 Agonistic and dispersive behavior.- 7.4 Locomotor activity.- 8. Life cycles.- 8.1 Development of the egg.- 8.2 Postembryonic development.- 8.3 Life spans and life tables.- 8.4 Field studies.- 9. Predators, parasites and disease.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Predators.- 9.3 Parasites.- 9.4 Disease.- 9.5 Abnormalities and injuries.- 10. Ecology.- 10.1 Estimation of populations.- 10.2 Slug populations.- 10.3 Communities.- 10.4 Production and energy flow.- 10.5 Conservation.- 10.6 Pollution.- 11. Slugs as pests.- 11.1 Slugs and man.- 11.2 Slug damage in Great Britain.- 11.3 Slug damage in Europe.- 11.4 Slug damage in North America.- 11.5 Slug damage in other countries.- 12. Control of slug pests.- 12.1 History of chemical control.- 12.2 Recent developments in slug control by chemicals.- 12.3 Metaldehyde.- 12.4 Methiocarb.- 12.5 Application of molluscicides.- 12.6 Efficiency of metaldehyde and methiocarb.- 12.7 Environmental effects of molluscicides.- 12.8 Other methods of control.- A.1 Culture methods.- A.2 Anaesthetizing, narcotizing and preserving slugs.- References.

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...an exceptional resource for investigations of molluscan biology and for studies that employ slugs as an experimental system. - American Zoologist