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Author:   Tadashi Kawai ,  Neil Cumberlidge
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   8.734kg
ISBN:  

9783319425252

ISBN 10:   3319425250
Pages:   430
Publication Date:   04 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of 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 andconservation 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.

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Tadashi Kawai Wakkanai Fisheries Research Institute, Hokkaido, Japan Neil Cumberlidge Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, USA

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