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Remarkable Shrimps - Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans (Hardcover, New)
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Remarkable Shrimps - Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans (Hardcover, New)
Series: Animal Natural History Series
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In Remarkable Shrimps, Raymond T. Bauer explores the evolution,
natural history, biological diversity, and commercial importance of
caridean shrimps--a fascinating and colorful group of aquatic
organisms that inhabit freshwater and marine environments from the
tropics to the poles.The biological diversity of carideans
encompasses a remarkable array of adaptations in body form and
function, coloration, breeding biology, and mating behavior.
Carideans' important grooming and antifouling adaptations are
examined in detail, and Bauer discusses the structural basis of
their coloration, the role of color change in concealment, and
other forms of camouflage. Reproductive biology and sexual systems,
including hermaphroditism and sex change, are reviewed, and Bauer
provides evidence for sex pheromones in the attraction of males to
females. Seasonal, latitudinal, and depth variation in life history
patterns are also analyzed. The symbiotic relationships of shrimps
with invertebrates such as corals, sea anemones, and sea urchins
and also with fishes are fascinating phenomena of marine
ecosystems. Different views on the ancestry and evolutionary
history of carideans are evaluated as a stimulus for further work.
The status of caridean fisheries and aquaculture is appraised, and
shrimp productivity is explained in terms of life history
adaptations. Profiling each of the nearly thirty families of
caridean shrimps, Bauer writes in an informal style that is
nevertheless rich with precise and useful references. Over one
hundred figures and 11 plates with 70 color and half-tone
photographs accompany the text. Extensive fieldwork is showcased in
life history studies on shrimps, employing both behavioral
observations using time-lapse video and experimental work to test
hypotheses on mating strategies.
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