Request Crabs: Anatomy, Habitat and Ecological Significance

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[TD="class: main, colspan: 2"] Series:
Marine Biology[/TD]

[TD="class: main, colspan: 2"] Binding: ebook[/TD]

[TD="class: main, colspan: 2"] Pub. Date: 2012 1st Quarter
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[TD="class: main, colspan: 2"] Editors: Kumiko Saruwatari and Miharu Nishimura[/TD]

[TD="class: main, colspan: 2"] Book 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; behavioral differences in fiddler crabs; cellular cadmium transport in gills and hepatopancreas of the mangrove crab and invasive swimming crabs. (Imprint: Nova)
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Table of Contents:
Preface

Different Species of Crabs and Viral Susceptibility
(Naraporn Somboonna, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand)

Development of Trapping Gear and Methods for Swimming Crabs
(Miguel Vazquez Archdale, Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Shimoarata, Kagoshima City, Japan)

Distribution and Habitat of Cold Water Crab Species on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland
(Darrell R.J. Mullowney, Elaine M. Hynick, Earl G. Dawe, William A. Coffey, Science Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, St. John’s, NL, Canada, and others)

Neurosecretory Structure and Gonad Inhibiting Hormone in Eyestalk and the Physiology and Biochemistry of Spermatozoa in Eriocheir sinensis
(Xianjiang Kang, Shumei Mu, Yanqin Li, Lijun Cheng, Kui Ma, Genliang Li, Qi Wang, Guirong Liu, Gang Cao, Colleage of Life Sciences, Hebei University, China)

Behavioral Differences in Fiddler Crabs, Uca pugnax, from Contaminated and Reference Estuaries in New Jersey
(Lauren L. Bergey, Terry Glover, Judith S. Weis, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Department of Biological Sciences, Newark, New Jersey, USA, and others)

Cellular Cadmium Transport in Gills and Hepatopancreas of Ucides Cordatus, a Mangrove Crab
(P. Ortega, F.P. Zanotto, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia Geral, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brasil, and others)

Invasive Swimming Crabs: Development of Eradicating Trapping Gear and Methods
(Miguel Vazquez Archdale, Field of Fisheries Engineering, Kagoshima University, Shimoarata, Kagoshima City, Japan)*

Crab Influences on the Export of Plant Detritus from Salt Marshes and Mangroves: A Review
(Jorge L. Gutierrez, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar cel Plata, Argentina, and others)*

Index


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