1st Edition

Crustacean Egg Production

Edited By Armand Kuris Copyright 1990
194 Pages
by CRC Press

194 Pages
by CRC Press

438 Pages
by CRC Press

This title discusses egg formation, release, and development, variations in life history patterns, population, and fisheries aspects regarding crustaceans.

Preface

Introduction

1 Egg formation, release and development

Egg production, release and activation in the marine shrimp, Sicyonia ingentis

Wallis H. Clark, Jr. & Muralidharan C. Pillai

Ovulation, attatchment and retention of lobster eggs

P. Talbot

Yolk utilization and esterase activity in the mole crab Emerita asiatica (Milne Edwards)

T. Subramoniam

Hemocyanins in crustacean oöcytes and embryos

Nora Barclay Terwilliger

Some aspects of the biology of resting eggs of marine cladocerans

Takashi Onbé

A review of the hatching process in barnacles

D. J. Crisp, E. M. Hill & D. L. Holland

Comparative potential reproduction and actual production in several species of North America crayfish

Susan Corey

Scheduling of reproduction in relation to molting and growth in malacostracan crustaceans

Keith Nelson

2 Variations in life history patterns

A review of patterns and causes of crustacean brood mortality

Armand M. Kuris

Egg size in squat lobsters (Galatheoidea): Constraint and freedom

Cindy Lee Van Dover & Austin B. Williams

Morphological and environmental restraints on egg production in amphipods

D. H. Steele & V. J. Steele

Variation in reproductive output of the isopod, Armadillidium vulgare

Michael S. Brody

Analysis of embryo production in a caridean shrimp guild from a tropical seagrass meadow

Raymond T. Bauer

The reproductive ecology and fecundity of Cancer crabs

Jeffery D. Shields

3 Population and fisheries aspects

Egg production in crabs with abbreviated development

Nancy Nash Rabalais

Special problems in freshwater crayfish egg production

Jay V. Huner & Ossi V. Lindqvist

Population regulation and stock-requirement relationships in some crayfish and lobster populations

David Edward Pollock

Egg production in the American lobster, Homarus americanus

S. L. Waddy & D. E. Aiken

Annual variation in egg production in a Newfoundland population of the American lobster, Homarus americanus

G. P. Ennis

Factors influencing fecundity and population egg production of Jasus species

John H. Annala

Reproductive dynamics of three species of Penaeidae in tropical Australia, and the role of reproductive studies in fisheries management

Peter J. Crocos

Estimating egg production in multi-brooding populations

Adrian M. Wenner, Jennifer Dugan & Harrington Wells

Characterizing size-specific fecundity in crustaceans

Keith M. Somers

Crustacean egg production and fisheries management

Louis W. Botsford

List of authors

Index

Biography

Armand Kuris (Edited by)