Modern Approaches to the Study of CrustaceaWhen [ teach my undergraduate course in these animals belong together, and we nowlearn that Crustacea at the University of Copenhagen [always they may even encompass the speciose insects. With or tell my students: " Now, if on reading through the without insects the Crustacea are therefore unquestion- chapter on Crustacea you wonder, what could pos- ably one of the most important animal groups. Is this sibly be said in common about these animals, you why we study them? I think not. Our fascination with havegot it exactly right! Indeed, there is next to noth- Crustacea is even deeper rooted and not easily ana- ing that unite them". Crustaceans range in size from lyzed. But one thing is important to me in this context. much below millimeter size to the giant king crabs; As Ibrowse through aU the papers in this book it brings in morphology from the almost stereotyped segment up the memoryofthe highlyrewarding Summer Meet- repetition ofthe Remipedia to animals with a highly The Crustacean Society held in 2000 in Puerto ing of diverse array of appendages such as the Decapoda; Vallarta, Mexico, where I had the privilege to serve as in life form from suspension feeding anostracans to its president. |
Contents
SEASONAL RHYTHM OF SEROTONIN CONTENT IN THE CRAYFISH EYESTALK | v |
BRAIN ELECTRICAL SIGNALS IN UNRESTRAINED CRAYFISH | xi |
DIEL ACTIVITY RHYTHM IN CALLINECTES ORNATUS ORDWAY 1863 AND CALLINECTES DANAE SMITH 1869 BRACHYURA PORTUN... | xix |
ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF THE BRANCHIOSTEGITE OF THE BIMODAL BREATHING CRAB CHASMAGNAT... | 3 |
A MOLECULAR APPROACH TO REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY | 11 |
CYTOARCHITECTURE OF THE HEPATOPANCREAS OF THREE SPECIES OF CRABS FROM MAR CHIQUITA LAGOON ARGENTINA | 21 |
EVALUATION OF LEGUMINOUS SEED MEALS RYNCHOSIA MINIMA AND CAJANUS CAJAN AS PLANT PROTEIN SOURCES IN DIETS F... | 35 |
HISTOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS IN HEPATOPANCREAS OF FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS CAUSED BY THE CESTODE GILQUINIA SP I... | 41 |
SEXUAL MATURITY OF EURYTIUM LIMOSUM SAY 1818 FROM A SUBTROPICAL MANGROVE IN BRAZIL | 139 |
DAILY RHYTHM OF FEEDING ACTIVITY OF THE FRESHWATER CRAB DILOCARCINUS PAGEI PAGEI IN THE RIO PILCOMAYO NATIO... | 153 |
POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THE FRESHWATER CRAB TRICHODACTYLUS FLUVIATILIS LATREILLE 1828 DECAPODA TRICHODACT... | 161 |
SIZE VARIATION IN THE GRAPSID CRAB ARATUS PISONII H MILNEEDWARDS 1837 AMONG POPULATIONS OF DIFFERENT SUBTROP... | 165 |
MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF THE GHOST CRAB OCYPODE QUADRATA FABRICIUS 1887 BRACHYURA OCYPODIDAE FROM UBATUBA ... | 171 |
SHALLOWWATER BENTHIC DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS OF CHANKANAAB PARK COZUMEL ISLAND MEXICO | 179 |
SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN PORTUNUS SPINIMANUS LATREILLE 1819 DECAPODA PORTUNIDAE AND OCTOLASMIS LOWEI DARWIN 185... | 187 |
HABITAT SPECIALIZATION AND ITS RELATION TO CONSERVATION POLICY IN CRUSTACEA | 193 |
HEPATOPANCREAS STRUCTURE OF PALAEMONETES ARGENTINUS DECAPODA CARIDEA FED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DIETARY CH... | 49 |
COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT ANIMAL PROTEIN SOURCE IN JUVENILES OF PLEOTICUS MUELLERI CRUSTACEA PEN... | 57 |
VITAMIN E REQUIREMENT OF THE PRAWN ARTEMESIA LONGINARISDECAPODA PENAEIDAE | 67 |
COPEPODA IN GABRIEL CAVE OAXACA MEXICO | 73 |
PERACARIDA ISOPODA OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO | 77 |
ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMMENSAL AMPHIPODS FROM COMMON MARINE SPONGES OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA | 87 |
PERACARIDA ON THE LITTORAL ZONE OF SIX CRATER LAKES | 93 |
COMPOSITION AND ABUNDANCE OF SHRIMP SPECIES PENAEIDEA AND CARIDEA IN FORTALEZA BAY UBATUBA SAO PAULO BRAZIL | 99 |
POPULATION STUDY OF MACROBRACHIUM TENELLUM SMITH 1871 IN COYUCA DE BENITEZ LAGOON GUERRERO MEXICO | 107 |
GASTROPOD SHELLS OR GASTROPOD TUBES? SHELTER CHOICE IN THE HERMIT CRAB CALCINUS VERRILLI | 113 |
HERMIT CRAB FAUNA FROM THE INFRALITTORAL ZONE OF ANCHIETA ISLAND UBATUBA BRAZIL | 119 |
DIOGENIDAE IN THE NORTH COAST OF SAO PAULO STATE BRAZIL | 127 |
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF THE FAMILY CALAPPIDAE OFF THE COAST OF JALISCO AND COLIMA MEXICO | 133 |
BIODIVERSITY AND HABITAT LOSS | 205 |
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTINENTAL SHELF DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS ALONG THE AMERICAN PACIFIC COAST | 217 |
DISTRIBUTION OF INTERTIDAL NONBRACHYURAN DECAPODS FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA ISLANDS AND ITS BIOGEOGRAPHI... | 223 |
CONSERVATION OF CONTINENTAL COPEPOD CRUSTACEANS | 235 |
OSTRACODA CRUSTACEA FROM THE LOWLAND FLOODPLAIN OF THE RIVER PRIPYAT | 245 |
EFFECTS OF ABANDONED MINE DRAINAGE ON CRAYFISH DISTRIBUTION ALONG A PH GRADIENT | 257 |
DIVERSITY THREATS AND CONSERVATIONAL STATUS | 263 |
MICROSATELLITES IN SHRIMP SPECIES | 273 |
A SCENARIO FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE RHIZOCEPHALA | 283 |
CAMBARIDAE | 293 |
PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS IN SOME SPECIES OF THE GENUS MACROBRACHIUM BASED ON NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES OF TH... | 301 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 321 |
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