A Global Overview of the Conservation of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kawai, Tadashi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Cumberlidge, Neil (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Aquatic ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Invertebrates.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Nature Conservation.

This book introduces updated information on conservation issues, providing an overview of what is needed to advance the global conservation of freshwater decapods such as freshwater crabs, crayfish, and shrimps. Biodiversity loss in general is highest in organisms that depend on intact freshwater ha...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.