This expanded and fully updated Second Edition of the most
comprehensive and successful book on lobsters, comprises
contributions from many of the world s experts, each providing core
information for all those working in lobster biology, fisheries
research and management and lobster aquaculture. Under the
editorship of Bruce Phillips, the Second Edition of Lobsters:
Biology, Management, Fisheries and Aquaculture delivers exhaustive
coverage of these fascinating creatures, stretching from growth and
development to management and conservation. A number of chapters
from the First Edition covering Growth, Reproduction, Diseases,
Behaviour, Nutrition, Larval and Post-Larval Ecology and Juvenile
and Adult Ecology have been replaced by new chapters including
Lobsters in Ecosystems, Genetics, Translocation, Climate Change,
Ecolabelling of Lobsters, Casitas and Other Artificial Shelters,
Systems to maximise Economic Benefits. These new chapters reflect
changes that are occurring in lobster management and new research
developments brought on by social, climatic and economic changes.
As well as information from new research output, information in
each chapter is also included on individual commercial Genera,
including aspects of Species and distribution, Predators and
diseases, Ecology and behaviour, Aquaculture and enhancement,
Harvest of wild populations and their regulations, Management and
conservation. The chapter on slipper lobsters has also been
expanded to include Thenus and Ibacus species which are now subject
to commercial fisheries. The changes that have occurred in some
lobster fisheries, the new management arrangements in place, the
status of stocks and the current economic and social situation of
each fishery have also been covered and discussed in great detail.
Fisheries scientists, fisheries managers aquaculture personnel,
aquatic and invertebrate biologists, physiologists, ecologists,
marine biologists and environmental biologists will all find
Lobsters Second Edition to be a vital source of reference.
Libraries in all universities and research establishments where
biological and life sciences and fisheries and aquaculture are
studied and taught will find it an extremely valuable addition to
their shelves.
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