Crabs

Anatomy, Habitat & Ecological Significance

Kumiko Saruwatari, Miharu Nishimura (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

167 Seiten

2012
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61942-225-4 (ISBN)

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Presents topical research in the study of the anatomy, habitat and ecological significance of crabs. This book discusses such topics as: the different species of crabs and viral susceptibility; behavioural differences in fiddler crabs; cellular cadmium transport in gills; and, hepatopancreas of the mangrove crab and invasive swimming crabs.

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.

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.

Zusatzinfo	Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.)
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	230 x 155 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-61942-225-5 / 1619422255
ISBN-13	978-1-61942-225-4 / 9781619422254
Zustand	Neuware