Locomotion and Energetics in Arthropods

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Evolution

   1. Locomotion in Arthropods: An Evolutionary Phantasmagoria

      • Clyde F. Herreid II

      Pages 1-7

   2. Evolution of Arthropod Locomotion: A Crustacean Model

      • Robert R. Hessler

      Pages 9-30

3. Mechanics and Kinematics

   1. Decapod Crustacean Leg Coordination during Walking

      • F. Clarac

      Pages 31-71

   2. Arachnid Locomotion

      • Robert F. Bowerman

      Pages 73-102

   3. Insect Locomotion on Land

      • Fred Delcomyn

      Pages 103-125

   4. Insect Flight Aerodynamics

      • Werner Nachtigall

      Pages 127-162

4. Neuromuscular Interactions

   1. Neuromuscular Mechanisms of Insect Flight

      • Ann E. Kammer, Mary B. Rheuben

      Pages 163-194

   2. Role of Muscle in Insect Posture and Locomotion

      • Charles R. Fourtner

      Pages 195-213

   3. Does Exercise Influence the Differentiation of Lobster Muscle?

      • C. K. Govind

      Pages 215-253

5. Muscle Biochemistry

   1. Biochemical Adaptations in Insect Muscle

      • Darrell R. Stokes, Charles R. Morgan

      Pages 255-275

6. Circulation and Gas Exchange

   1. Respiratory and Circulatory Coordination in Decapod Crustaceans

      • Jerrel L. Wilkens

      Pages 277-298

   2. Oxygen Uptake and Acid-Base Balance during Activity in Decapod Crustaceans

      • B. R. McMahon

      Pages 299-335

   3. Insects — Spiracle Control

      • Charles Kaars

      Pages 337-366

   4. Ventilation in Active and in Inactive Insects

      • P. L. Miller

      Pages 367-390

7. Temperature Regulation

   1. Temperature Regulation during Locomotion in Insects

      • Bernd Heinrich

      Pages 391-417

8. Energetics

   1. Insect Flight Energetics

      • Timothy M. Casey

      Pages 419-452

   2. Energetics of Crustacean Swimming

      • B. R. Hargreaves

      Pages 453-490

   3. Energetics of Pedestrian Arthropods

      • Clyde F. Herreid II

      Pages 491-526

9. Overview and Summary

   1. Arthropod Locomotion as Seen Through a “Vertebrate” Eye

      • Carl Gans

      Pages 527-539

At the 1980 Christmas meetings of the American Society of zoologists in Seattle, Washington, the Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry sponsored a symposium on the locomo­ tion and exercise of arthropods. This book is an outgrowth of that symposium. To our knowledge, the symposium and this volume are the first attempts to deal with all of the major modes of locomotion (flight, swimming, and pedestrian travel) among the arthropods in a comprehensive fashion. The time seems propitious to focus on arthropod locomotion. In the last decade enormous strides have been made in understand­ ing locomotion - both arthropod and vertebrate alike. There has been an explosion of new ideas, new techniques, and new data. These deserve greater attention and discussion than is possible in specialized journals. Hopefully this book will fill this gap; moreover, it should serve as a benchmark for newcomers to see what has happened to date and perhaps act as a launching pad for re­ search to come. Whatever the case, a symposium volume such as this serves to highlight our current strengths and weaknesses. In the present case it reveals the relative abundance of information on flying and walking and the dearth of data available on swimming; it exposes the fact that insects and crustaceans are fairly well studied and arachnids are not.

• Crustacea
• adaptation
• arthropods
• evolution
• insects
• physiology

• State University of New York, Buffalo, USA

  Clyde F. Herreid, Charles R. Fourtner

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