Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Masters Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Marine Shrimp Culture
Author: A.W. FastPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483291049
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 879
Book Description
The commercial culture of marine shrimp in tropical areas has grown at a phenomenal rate during the last 10 to 15 years. This book provides a description of principles and practices of shrimp culture at one point in time and documents both historical events and conditions now. It also tries to look into the future. The volume provides both practical information about shrimp culture, as well as basic information on shrimp biology. It should be of value to researchers, consultant practitioners and potential investors in the marine shrimp culture industry.
Behavior of Lizards
Author: Vincent BelsPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429640722
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Key features: Presents a contemporary snapshot of the mechanisms underlying the evolution and adaptation of behavior Explores how genetics, epigenetics, development, and environment shape behavior Discusses a broad range of behavioral repertoires and responses, including those related to thermoregulatory, foraging, predatory, displaying, social and escape strategies. Examines physiological and sensory mechanisms Covers the effects of various aspects of global change on behavior, with chapters that focus on the impacts of climate change on hydroregulatory behavior and behavioral responses to the effects of habitat alteration resulting from human-mediated change and colonization by invasive species. Lizards serve as focal organisms for many of biological questions related to evolution, ecology, physiology, and morphology. They are studied at multiple spatial and temporal scales, from the individual to the community level. This book, authored by expert contributors from around the world, explores behaviors underlying the evolution and adaptation of these organisms. It covers conceptual, empirical, and methodological approaches to the understanding of the role that natural and sexual selection play in molding the behavioral traits of lizards. This thorough, illustrated reference should stimulate discussion of the conceptual and methodological approaches for studying the behavioral traits of these fascinating and highly diverse vertebrates.
Biology of the Land Crabs
Author: Warren W. BurggrenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521306904
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Interest in land crabs has burgeoned as biologists have increasingly focused on the evolution of terrestriality. Before the publication of this volume in 1988, there had been no single comprehensive source of information to serve biologists interested in the diverse aspects of terrestrial decapod crustacean. Biology of the Land Crabs was the first synthesis of recent and long-established findings on brachyuran and anomuran crustaceans that have evolved varying degrees of adaptation for life on land. Chapters by leading researchers take a coordinated evolutionary and comparative approach to systematics and evolution, ecology, behaviour, reproduction, growth and molting, ion and water balance, respiration and circulation, and energetics and locomotion. Each discusses how terrestrial species have become adapted from ancestral freshwater or marine forms. With its extensive bibliography and comprehensive index, including the natural history of nearly eighty species of brachyuran and anomuran crabs, Biology of the Land Crabs will continue to be an invaluable reference for researchers and advanced students.
The Decapod Crustaceans of the Panama Canal
Author: Lawrence G. AbelePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Crustacean Egg Production
Author: Armand KurisPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789061910985
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This title discusses egg formation, release, and development, variations in life history patterns, population, and fisheries aspects regarding crustaceans.
History of Carcinology
Author: Frank TruesdalePublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000162524
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The papers in this volume take several forms, from strict chronologies to detailed historical analyses. Topics covered include: towards the history of pre-Linnean carcinology in Brazil; the beginning of Portugese carcinology; from Oviedo to Rathbun; the development of brachturan crab tascononry in the Neotropics (1535-1937); studies on decapod crustaceans of the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada; women's contributions to carcinology; reflections on crab research in North America since 1758; carcinology in classical Japanese work.
Novitates Zoologicae
Author: Water Quality Management for Pond Fish Culture
Author: Claude E. BoydPublisher:
ISBN: 9780444417091
Category : Fish culture
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Author: T. P. Crimes