A Global Overview of the Conservation of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans
Editors: Kawai, Tadashi, Cumberlidge, Neil (Eds.)
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This book introduces updated information on conservation issues, providing an overview of what is needed to advance the global conservation of freshwater decapods such as freshwater crabs, crayfish, and shrimps.
Biodiversity loss in general is highest in organisms that depend on intact freshwater habitats, because freshwater ecosystems worldwide are suffering intense threats from multiple sources. Our understanding of the number and location of threatened species of decapods, and of the nature of their extinction threats has improved greatly in recent years, and has enabled the development of species conservation strategies.
This volume focuses on saving threatened species from extinction, and emphasizes the importance of the successful implementation of conservation action plans through cooperation between scientists, conservationists, educators, funding agencies, policy makers, and conservation agencies.
- About the authors
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Tadashi Kawai
Wakkanai Fisheries Research Institute, Hokkaido, Japan
Neil Cumberlidge
Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, USA
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Global Diversity and Conservation of Freshwater Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
Pages 1-22
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A Remarkable Anomuran: The Taxon Aegla Leach, 1820. Taxonomic Remarks, Distribution, Biology, Diversity and Conservation
Pages 23-64
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Global Diversity and Conservation of Freshwater Crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacoidea)
Pages 65-114
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A Brief History of Freshwater Crab Research
Pages 115-126
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Adaptation to Life in Fresh Water by Decapod Crustaceans: Evolutionary Challenges in the Early Life-History Stages
Pages 127-168
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- A Global Overview of the Conservation of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans
- Editors
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- Tadashi Kawai
- Neil Cumberlidge
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-42527-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-42527-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-42525-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-82601-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 430
- Number of Illustrations
- 21 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
- Topics
