Crabs : anatomy, habitat, and ecological significance

Author(s)

• Saruwatari, Kumiko
• Nishimura, Miharu

Bibliographic Information

Crabs : anatomy, habitat, and ecological significance

editors, Kumiko Saruwatari and Miharu Nishimura

Nova Science Publisher's, 2011

• hardcover

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book presents topical research in the study of the anatomy, habitat and ecological significance of crabs. Topics discussed in this compilation include the different species of crabs and viral susceptibility; distribution and habitat of cold water crab species on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland; behavioural differences in fiddler crabs; cellular cadmium transport in gills and hepatopancreas of the mangrove crab and invasive swimming crabs.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Different Species of Crabs & Viral Susceptibility
• Development of Trapping Gear & Methods for Swimming Crabs
• Distribution & Habitat of Cold Water Crab Species on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland
• Neurosecretory Structure & Gonad Inhibiting Hormone in Eyestalk & the Physiology & Biochemistry of Spermatozoa in Eriocheir sinensis
• Behavioral Differences in Fiddler Crabs, Uca pugnax, from Contaminated & Reference Estuaries in New Jersey
• Cellular Cadmium Transport in Gills & Hepatopancreas of Ucides Cordatus, a Mangrove Crab
• Crab Influences on the Export of Plant Detritus from Salt Marshes & Mangroves: A Review
• Index.

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Details

• NCID: BB09070480
• ISBN:
  • 9781619422254
• LCCN: 2011043392
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hauppauge, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: 156p. 24cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QL444.M33
  • DC23 : 595.3/86
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Crabs -- Anatomy
  • LCSH : Crabs -- Habitat
  • LCSH : Crabs -- Ecology