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Behavior and Ecology
- 1st Edition - May 28, 1983
- Editor: F. John Vernberg
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 6 2 6 9 - 2
Behavior and Ecology discusses the ecology and behavior of crustaceans. It presents an update and overview of most of the dominant lines of research in crustacean biology. This… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBehavior and Ecology discusses the ecology and behavior of crustaceans. It presents an update and overview of most of the dominant lines of research in crustacean biology. This book is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 deals with the rapidly advancing topic of how crustaceans communicate with members of the same species as well as on an interspecific basis. Chapter 2 provides a synthesis and review of patterns of movement and orientation of crustaceans in nature. Chapter 3 reviews the basic concepts in the regulation of biological rhythms, surveys rhythms in Crustacea, and then analyzes the data from an ecological perspective. Chapter 4 summarizes symbiotic relationships of crustaceans with other crustacean and noncrustacean hosts. Chapter 5 cites work on adaptation of egg and development to the environment. Chapter 6 discusses assemblages of organisms into populations and communities. This book is a valuable source for zoologists, paleontologists, ecologists, physiologists, endocrinologists, morphologists, pathologists, and fisheries biologists, and an essential reference work for institutional libraries.
ContributorsGeneral PrefaceGeneral AcknowledgmentsPreface to Volume 7Classification of the DecapodaContents of Previous Volumes1 Communication I. General Considerations II. Quantitative Measurement of Communication III. Functions and Mechanisms IV. Evolution V. Conclusion References2 Movement Patterns and Orientation I. Introduction II. Adaptive Components of Orientation III. Orientation in the Biotope IV. Orientation over Long Distances V. Concluding Comments References3 Biological Timing I. Introduction II. Matching of Biological Rhythms and Environmental Cycles III. Regulation of Biological Rhythms: Basic Concepts IV. A Survey of Biological Rhythms in Crustacea V. A Perspective of the Adaptive Value of Environmentally Entrained Clocks VI. Summary References4 Symbiotic Relations I. Introduction II. Symbioses with Crustacean Hosts III. Symbioses with Non-Crustacean Hosts IV. Comments and Perspectives References5 Pelagic Larval Ecology and Development I. Introduction II. Egg Incubation and Hatching III. Larval Development IV. Adaptations to the Environment V. Dispersal and Recruitment VI. The Role of Pelagic Larvae in Life Histories VII. Conclusions References6 Biotic Assemblages: Populations and Communities I. Introduction II. Marine Sandy Bottom Habitats III. Hard Substrates IV. Zooplankton V. Perspectives ReferencesSystematic Index—CrustaceaSystematic Index—Non-CrustaceaSubject Index
- No. of pages: 364
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 28, 1983
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780323162692