Crustaceans are increasingly being used as model organisms in all
fields of biology, including neurobiology, developmental biology,
animal physiology, evolutionary ecology, biogeography, and resource
management. Crustaceans have a very wide range of phenotypes and
inhabit a diverse array of environments, ranging from the deep sea
to high mountain lakes and even deserts. The evolution of their
life histories has permitted crustaceans to successfully colonize
this variety of habitats. Few other taxa exhibit such a variety of
life histories and behavior. A comprehensive overview of their life
histories is essential to the understanding of many aspects of
their success in marine and terrestrial environments. This volume
provides a general overview of crustacean life histories.
Crustaceans have particular life history adaptations that have
permitted them to conquer all environments on earth. Crustacean
life cycles have evolved to maximize fecundity, growth, and ageing,
in a wide range of environmental conditions. Individual
contributions contrast benefits and costs of different life
histories including sexual versus asexual production, semelparity
versus iteroparity, and planktonic larvae versus direct
development. Important aspects of particular behaviors are
presented (e.g. migrations, defense and territorial behaviors,
anti-predator behavior, symbiosis).
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