Crustaceans adapt to a wide variety of habitats and ways of life. They have a complex physiological structure particularly with regard to the processes of growth (molting), metabolic regulation, and reproduction. Crustaceans are ideal as model organisms for the study of endocrine disruption and stress physiology in aquatic invertebrates. This book is an overview of the extensive research that has taken place over the recent years on issues of crustacean reproduction.

Schiel and Foster’s scholarly review and synthesis take the reader from Darwin’s early observations to contemporary research, providing a historical perspective for the modern understanding of giant kelp evolution, biogeography, biology, and physiology.

The authors furnish a comprehensive discussion of kelp species and forest ecology worldwide, with considerations of human uses and abuses, management and conservation, and the current and likely future impacts of global change.

This volume promises to be the definitive treatise and reference on giant kelp and its forests for many years, and it will appeal to marine scientists and others who want a better appreciation and understanding of these wondrous forests of the sea.

Content: An overview / Elena Mente and Christos Neofitou --
Phylogeny biology and ecology of crustaceans (phylum Arthropoda; subphylum Crustacea) / Spyros D. Klaoudatos and Dimitris S. Klaoudatos --
Aspects on population and aquaculture genetics of crustaceans / Athanasios Exadactylos --
Reproduction of crustaceans in relation to fisheries / Héctor A. Lizárraga-Cubedo, Graham J. Pierce and M. Begoña Santos --
Mating behaviour / Assaf Barki --
Endocrine control of female reproduction / Gabriele Stowasser --
Male reproductive hormones / Ernest S. Chang and Amir Sagi --
Nutrition in relation to reproduction in crustaceans / Gerard Cuzon, Gabriela Gaxiola and Carlos Rosas --
Coordination of reproduction and molt in decapods / Shaul Raviv, Shmulik Parnes and Amir Sagi --
Reproductive biology and growth of marine lobsters / Arthur J. Ritar and Greg G. Smith --
Male and female reproduction in penaeid shrimps / Shmulik Parnes, Shaul Raviv and Amir Sagi --
Reproduction and growth of decapod crustaceans in relation to aquaculture / Greg G. Smith and Arthur J. Ritar --
The crustacean Nephrops norvegicus : growth and reproductive behaviour / Christopher J. Smith and Nadia K. Papadopoulou --
Implementation of failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), cause and effect diagram, HACCP and ISO 22000 to the reproductive cycle and growth of crustaceans in cultured conditions / Ioannis S. Arvanitoyannis.
Abstract: Crustaceans adapt to a wide variety of habitats and ways of life. They have a complex physiological structure particularly with regard to the processes of growth (molting), metabolic regulation, and reproduction. This book offers an overview of the research that has taken place on issues of crustacean reproduction.