Baltic Crustaceans

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Crustaceans in the History of the Baltic Sea

   • Anna Szaniawska

   Pages 1-4

3. The Baltic Sea: A Living Environment

   • Anna Szaniawska

   Pages 5-15

4. The Szczecin Lagoon and Pomeranian Bay

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   Pages 17-18

5. The Gulf of Gdańsk and Vistula Lagoon

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   Pages 19-21

6. The Gulf of Riga

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   Pages 23-24

7. The Gulf of Finland

   • Anna Szaniawska

   Pages 25-26

8. The Gulf of Bothnia

   • Anna Szaniawska

   Pages 27-28

9. General Characteristics of Malacostraca

   • Anna Szaniawska

   Pages 29-31

10. Species Accounts

    • Anna Szaniawska

    Pages 33-177

11. Non-native Crustaceans

    • Anna Szaniawska

    Pages 179-183

12. Function and Importance of Crustaceans

    • Anna Szaniawska

    Pages 185-188

13. Back Matter

    Pages 189-199

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This book presents all Malacostracan cructaceans occurring in the Baltic Sea in water salinity from 2 to 15 psu. The Baltic sea is very special due to its low salinity and characteristic fauna. For each of the 58 species the systematic position, the origin and distribution in European waters are given, and the environmental preferences, the role in the food web and human economy described. The book describes the history of the Baltic sea and the occurrence of crustaceans in its history against the terms of hydrological conditions, explaining why in the Baltic sea only part of all marine crustaceans occur. The book is richly illustrated with photographs and beautiful pictures of animals specifically prepared for this book.

• Baltic Sea
• Marine ecology
• Crustaceans biology
• Crustaceans ecology
• Baltic Malacostraca
• marine and freshwater sciences
• Model invertebrates

• Institute of Oceanography , Gdynia, Poland

  Anna Szaniawska

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