A global overview of the conservation of freshwater decapod crustaceans. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Editors: (Ichthyologist), Kawai, Tadashi; Cumberlidge, Neil
• Contents: 1. Global diversity and conservation of freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) 2. A Remarkable Anomuran: The taxon Aegla Leach, 1820. Taxonomic remarks, distribution, biology, diversity and conservation 3. Global diversity and conservation of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacoidea) 4. A brief history of freshwater crab research 5. Adaptation to life in fresh water by decapod crustaceans: evolutionary challenges in the early life-history stages 6. Direct development and posthatching brood care as key features of the evolution of freshwater Decapoda and challenges for conservation 7. Freshwater shrimps (Atyidae, Palaemonidae, Typhlocarididae) in the broader Mediterranean region: distribution, life strategies, threats, conservation challenges and taxonomic issues 8. Freshwater decapod diversity and conservation in Mexico 9. Freshwater decapod diversity and conservation in Central America and the Caribbean 10. Diversity, distribution and conservation of freshwater crabs and shrimps in South America 11. Biotechnology, biocontrol and conservation: potential approaches – harnessing RNAi-based sex-differentiation manipulations in decapods 12. Quantitative habitat models for the conservation of the endangered European crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes complex (Astacoidea: Astacidae) 13. Conservation First: Strategic planning to save the critically endangered Singapore freshwater crab, Johora singaporensis (Crustacea: Brachyura: Decapoda: Potamidae) 14. Biodiversity assessment of freshwater shrimps and crabs in the Nee Soon Swamp Forest, Singapore 15. Concluding remarks about freshwater decapod conservation.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (430 pages)
• Subjects: 333.955516; Life sciences; Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Conservation; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Invertebrates; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Conservation of the environment; Zoology: Invertebrates; Evolution; Biodiversity; Aquatic biology; Conservation biology; Invertebrates; Evolution (Biology); Nature Conservation; Biodiversity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319425276
• Related ISBNs: 9783319425252
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