Edible Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology (eBook)

John M. Lawrence (Herausgeber)

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2001 | 1. Auflage
432 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-053070-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Sea urchins are a major component of marine environments found throughout the world's oceans. A major model for research in developmental biology, they are also of major economic importance in many regions and interest in their management and aquaculture has increased greatly in recent years. This book provides a synthesis of biological and ecological characteristics of sea urchins that are of basic scientific interest and also essential for effective fisheries management and aquaculture. General chapters consider characteristics of sea urchins as a whole. In addition, specific chapters are devoted to the ecology of 17 species that are of major commercial interest and ecological importance.

Features include:

&bull, A synthesis of what is known about the basic biological characteristics of the sea urchin, useful for the direction of future research.
&bull, Case histories of 17 species that illustrate their ecological role in a variety of environments.
&bull, With the catastrophic decline in fisheries resulting primarily from over-fishing, it is essential that the populations be managed effectively and that aquaculture be developed. This book provides knowledge of the biology and ecology of the commercially important sea urchins that will contribute to these goals.
&bull, The only book available in present literature devoted to sea urchins.

With this new title experts provide a broad synthetic treatment and in depth analysis of the biology and ecology of sea urchins from around the world, designed to provide an understanding of the group and the basis for fisheries management and aquaculture.

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Sea urchins are a major component of marine environments found throughout the world's oceans. A major model for research in developmental biology, they are also of major economic importance in many regions and interest in their management and aquaculture has increased greatly in recent years. This book provides a synthesis of biological and ecological characteristics of sea urchins that are of basic scientific interest and also essential for effective fisheries management and aquaculture. General chapters consider characteristics of sea urchins as a whole. In addition, specific chapters are devoted to the ecology of 17 species that are of major commercial interest and ecological importance.Features include: * A synthesis of what is known about the basic biological characteristics of the sea urchin, useful for the direction of future research. * Case histories of 17 species that illustrate their ecological role in a variety of environments. * With the catastrophic decline in fisheries resulting primarily from over-fishing, it is essential that the populations be managed effectively and that aquaculture be developed. This book provides knowledge of the biology and ecology of the commercially important sea urchins that will contribute to these goals. * The only book available in present literature devoted to sea urchins.With this new title experts provide a broad synthetic treatment and in depth analysis of the biology and ecology of sea urchins from around the world, designed to provide an understanding of the group and the basis for fisheries management and aquaculture.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Edible Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
Preface 6
Chapter 1. The edible sea-urchins 10
Chapter 2. Reproduction of sea urchins 14
Chapter 3. Energy metabolism and gonad development 36
Chapter 4. Reproductive endocrinology of sea urchins 52
Chapter 5. Echinoid larval ecology 68
Chapter 6. Growth and survival of post-settlement sea urchins 88
Chapter 7. Digestion in sea urchins 112
Chapter 8. Carotenoids in sea urchins 124
Chapter 9. Disease in edible sea urchins 148
Chapter 10. The ecology of Centrostephanus rodgersii 158
Chapter 11. Ecology of Loxechinus albus 170
Chapter 12. Ecology of Paracentrotus lividus 186
Chapter 13. The ecology of Psammechinus miliaris 226
Chapter 14. The ecology of Eehinometra 234
Chapter 15. The ecology of Evechinus chloroticus 254
Chapter 16. The ecology of Heliocidaris erytrhogramma 270
Chapter 17. The ecology of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis 280
Chapter 18. The ecology of Strongylocentrotus franciscanus and Strongylocentrotus purpuratus 316
Chapter 19.Ecology of Strongylocentrotus intermedius 342
Chapter 20. Ecology of Strongylocentrotus nudus 356
Chapter 21. Ecology of Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus, Pseudocentrotus depressus, and Anthocidaris crassispina in southern Japan 372
Chapter 22. The ecology of Lytechinus variegatus 384
Chapter 23. The ecology of Tripneustes 404
Chapter 24. Sea-urchin roe cuisine 424
Subject Index 426

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.5.2001
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 0-08-053070-2 / 0080530702
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-053070-3 / 9780080530703