Crustacean Issues 3 - Factors in Adult Growth

Zusammenfassung First published in 1985. CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Special growth topics: control of molting in Crustacea; muscle atrophy and restoration during molting; morphogenetic fields and control of form in limbs of decapods; periodicity and phasing of molting; growth, sexual maturity and reproductive output; size-dependent reproduction and molting in spiny lobsters and other long-lived decapods; variation in size at onset of egg production; models of growth. Factors influencing growth patterns: effects of crustacean parasitic castrators on growth of crustracean hosts; non-metal environmental pollutants and growth; growth and its relationship in reproduction in Mysis relicta; effects of pressure on growth; ontogeny of social structure and population dynamics in giant freshwater prawn; growth studies in selected groups - cladocera; mysids and euphausiids.

Product details

• Authors: Adrian M. Wenner, Wenner Adrian M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.06.2018
• EAN: 9781138440722
• ISBN: 978-1-138-44072-2
• No. of pages: 386
• Series: Advances in Crustacean Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture, Marine Biology, Aquaculture & Fish-Farming: Practice & Techniques, Aquaculture and fish-farming