This fully revised and expanded edition of Sea Urchins provides a wide-ranging understanding of the biology and ecology of this key component of the world's oceans. Coverage includes reproduction, metabolism, endocrinology, larval ecology, growth, digestion, carotenoids, disease and nutrition. Other chapters consider the ecology of individual species that are of major importance ecologically and economically, including species from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa. In addition, six new contributions in areas such as immunology, digestive systems and community ecology inform readers on key recent developments and insights from the literature. Sea urchins are ecologically important and often greatly affect marine communities. Because they have an excellent fossil record, they are also of interest to paleontologists. Research on sea urchins has increased in recent years, stimulated first by recognition of their ecological importance and subsequently their economic importance. Scientists around the world are actively investigating their potential for aquaculture and fisheries, and their value as model systems for investigations in developmental biology continues to increase. Continues the series Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science with a newly revised volume Collects and synthesizes the state of knowledge of sea urchin biology and ecologyExpanded from previous edition to include non-edible species, providing the needed basis for broader evolutionary understanding of sea urchins INDICE: Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology/John M. Lawrence Table of Contents 1. Phylogeny of Sea Urchins Andrew B. Smith and Andreas Kroh 2. Sea Urchin Life History Strategies John M. Lawrence 3. Sea Urchin Gametogenesis - Structural, Functional and Molecular/Genomic Biology Charles W. Walker, M.P. Lesser, and Tatsuya Unuma 4. Biochemical and Energy Requirements of Gonad Development Adam G. Marsh, Mickie L. Powell, and Stephen A. Watts 5. Endocrine Regulation of Sea Urchin Reproduction Kristina M. Wasson, and Stephen A. Watts 6. Larval Ecology of Echinoids Anna Metaxas 7. Growth and Survival of Postsettlement Sea Urchins Thomas A. Ebert 8. Digestive System Nicholas D. Holland 9. Feeding, Digestion and Digestibility of Sea Urchins John M. Lawrence, Addison L. Lawrence, and Stephen A. Watts 10. Nutrition Stephen A. Watts, Addison L. Lawrence, and John M. Lawrence 11. Carotenoids in Sea Urchins Maeve S. Kelly and Rachael C Symonds 12. Disease in Sea Urchins Yi Nan Wang, Ya Qing Chang, and John M. Lawrence 13. Immunology in Sea Urchins José Roberto Machado Cunha da Silva 14. Sea Urchins as Drivers of Shallow Benthic Marine Community Structure Robert S. Steneck 15. Stocking Enhancement Yukio Agatsuma 16. Cidaroids John M. Lawrence, and Michel Jangoux 17. Centrostephanus rodgersii Maria Byrn, and Neil Andrew 18. Diadema Nyawira A. Muthiga and Timothy R. McClanahan 19. Arbacia Paola Gianguzza and Chiara Bonaviri 20. Loxechinus albus Julio Alberto Vásquez and Gonzalo A. Donoso 21. Paracentrotus lividus Charles F. Boudouresque and Marc Verlaque 22. Psammechinus miliaris Maeve S. Kelly, A. D. Hughes, and E .J. Cook 23. Echinometra Timothy R. McClanahan and Nyawira A. Muthiga 24. Evechinus chloroticus Michael F. Barker 25. Heliocidaris erythrogramma John K. Keesing 26. Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Robert E. Scheibling and Bruce G. Hatcher 27. Strongylocentrotus franciscanus and Strongylocentrotous purpuratus Laura Rogers-Bennett 28. Strongylocentrotus intermedus Yukio Agatsuma 29. Strongylocentrotus nudus Yukio Agatsuma 30. Hemicentrotus pulcherimus, Pseudocentrotous depressus and Anthocidaris crassispina Yukio Agatsuma 31. Lytechinus Stephen A. Watts, James B. McClintock, and John M. Lawrence 32. Tripneustes John M. Lawrence and Yukio Agatsuma
- ISBN: 978-0-12-396491-5
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 550
- Fecha Publicación: 21/06/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés