| Description |
xix, 506 pages |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Growth and development : understanding and modelling growth variability in lobsters / Richard A. Wahle and Michael J. Fogarty -- Ch. 2. Reproduction / Alison B. MacDiarmid and Bernard Sainte-Marie -- Ch. 3. Behaviour / Michael J. Childress and Steven H. Jury -- Ch. 4. Phylogeny and evolution / Sheila N. Patek, Rodney M. Feldmann, Megan Porter and Dale Tshudy -- Ch. 5. Pathogens, parasites and other symbionts / Jeffrey D. Shields, Fran J. Stephens and Brian Jones -- Ch. 6. Nutrition of wild and cultured lobsters / Matthew M. Nelson, Michael P. Bruce, Peter D. Nichols, Andrew G. Jeffs and Charles F. Phleger -- Ch. 7. Larval and postlarval ecology / Bruce F. Phillips, John D. Booth, J. Stanley Cobb, Andrew G. Jeffs and Paulette McWilliam -- Ch. 8. Juvenile and adult ecology / Mark J. Butler, Robert S. Steneck and William F. Herrnkind -- Ch. 9. Homarus species / J. Stanley Cobb and Kathleen M. Castro -- Ch. 10. Jasus species / John D. Booth |
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Ch. 11. Panulirus species / Bruce F. Phillips and Roy Melville-Smith -- Ch. 12. Palinurus species / Johan C. Groeneveld, Raquel Goni and Daniel Latrouite -- Ch. 13. Nephrops species / Mike C. Bell, Frank Redant and Ian Tuck -- Ch. 14. Scyllarides species / Ehud Spanier and Kari L. Lavalli -- Ch. 15. Conclusions / Bruce F. Phillips |
| Summary |
"Fisheries scientists, aquaculture personnel, aquatic and invertebrate biologists, physiologists, ecologists, marine biologist and environmental biologists will all find this a vital source of reference. Libraries in universities and research establishments where biological and life sciences and fisheries and aquaculture are studied and taught will find it a valuable addition to their shelves."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Lobsters.
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| Author |
Phillips, Bruce F.
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| LC no. |
2005031986 |
| ISBN |
1405126574 |
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9781405126571 hardback |
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