| Preface | p. XIII |
| Invasive crustaceans and distribution | |
| Ecological impact of crustacean invaders: General considerations and examples from the Rhine River | p. 3 |
| Dominant role of exotic invertebrates, mainly Crustacea, in diets of fish in the lower Rhine River, The Netherlands | p. 35 |
| Lessepsian immigration: Human impact on Levantine biogeography | p. 47 |
| Immigration history and present distribution of alien crustaceans in Polish waters | p. 55 |
| Biogeography of trapeziid crabs (Brachyura, Trapeziidae) symbiotic with reef corals and other cnidarians | p. 65 |
| Decapod crustaceans associated with unbleached and bleached colonies of the coral, Seriatopora hystrix from near the thermal discharge of a nuclear power plant in Taiwan | p. 77 |
| The introduction of alien crayfish species into Britain for commercial exploitation - an own goal? | p. 85 |
| Life history patterns of the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, in an irrigation ditch in Tuscany, Italy | p. 99 |
| Dispersal in the desert rock pool anostracan Branchipodopsis wolfi (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) | p. 109 |
| Bathymetric distribution of decapods associated with a Posidonia oceanica meadow in Malta (Central Mediterranean) | p. 119 |
| Distribution patterns of two species of swimming crabs (Portunidae), Liocarcinus depurator and Macropipus tuberculatus, in the southwestern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) | p. 131 |
| Diamysis bahirensis: A mysid species new to the Portuguese fauna and first record from the west European coast | p. 139 |
| An occasional record of Funchalia woodwardi (Penaeidae) in the Sardinian Channel, eastern Mediterranean | p. 153 |
| Ecology and Behavior | |
| The role of infochemicals in lake plankton crustacean behavior and predator-prey relations | p. 161 |
| Population characteristics and feeding parameters of Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda: Aristeidae) from the Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterannean) | p. 177 |
| Sex and seasonal variation in the stomach content of the red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus in the southern Barents Sea | p. 193 |
| Combined field and laboratory studies on agonistic behavior in shore crabs, Carcinus maenas: metabolic consequences of variable oxygen tensions | p. 201 |
| Extended parental care behavior in crustaceans - A comparative overview | p. 211 |
| The swimming behavior of the marine wood borer Limnoria quadripunctata (Isopoda: Limnoriidae) | p. 227 |
| Observations and interpretations on surface swarming behavior by some marine Ostracoda and its possible correlation with their mating strategies | p. 239 |
| The 'eye-blink' response of mesopelagic Natantia, eyeshine patterns and the escape reaction | p. 253 |
| Spatial distribution of four sympatric species of hermit crabs (Decapoda, Anomura) | p. 261 |
| Population biology and habitat utilization of the stone crab Menippe nodifrons in the Ubatuba region, Sao Paulo, Brazil | p. 275 |
| The life history and habitat of Allanaspides helonomus (Syncarida: Anaspididae) | p. 283 |
| Population structure and reproductive biology of the Camacuto shrimp, Atya scabra (Decapoda, Caridea, Atyidae), from Sao Sebastiao, Brazil | p. 291 |
| Population dynamics of Dynoides (Crustacea: Isopoda) in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong | p. 301 |
| Population ecology of Callichirus major (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea) on a sandy beach in southeastern Brazil | p. 311 |
| The biology of a population of the hermit crab Diogenes pugilator (Decapoda, Diogenidae) in the Ligurian Sea | p. 323 |
| Population dynamics of Petrochirus diogenes (Crustacea, Anomura, Diogenidae) in the Ubatuba region, Sao Paulo, Brazil | p. 331 |
| Seasonal changes (1995-1997) in the population structure of Chinese mitten crabs, Eriocheir sinensis (Decapoda, Brachyura, Grapsidae) in the Thames at Chelsea, London | p. 343 |
| Seasonal occurrence of decapods in shallow waters of a subtropical area | p. 351 |
| Seasonal succession and spatial segregation of planktonic copepoda in the Zhujiang estuary in relation to temperature and salinity | p. 363 |
| The biology of the hermit crab Calcinus tubularis (Decapoda, Diogenidae) in nature and in the laboratory | p. 377 |
| Processes that promote decapod diversity and abundance on the upper continental slope of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico | p. 385 |
| Background data on the decapod fauna associated with Cymodocea nodosa meadows in Tunisia, with observations on Clibanarius erythropus | p. 401 |
| Life histories of Triops cancriformis and Lepidurus apus (Crustacea: Notostraca) in a group of rainpools in the Banat province in Yugoslavia | p. 411 |
| Differences between Mithraculus spp. communities in exposed and sheltered shallow-water Thalassia beds in Venezuela | p. 419 |
| Allocation of the portunid crab Callinectes ornatus (Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Ubatuba Bay, northern coast of Sao Paulo State, Brazil | p. 431 |
| Mound formation by Tanner crabs, Chionoecetes bairdi: Tidal phasing of larval launch pads? | p. 445 |
| Toxicity and Physiology | |
| The impact of the toxic strain of Microcystis aeruginosa on Daphnia magna | p. 457 |
| Seasonal distribution and density of copepods in the sewage-polluted coastal waters of Tuticorin, India | p. 463 |
| Biogenic amines controlling blood glucose level in the shrimp Palaemon elegans | p. 471 |
| Dose-response to unesterified pigments of Aztec marigold (Tagetes erecta) in the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, fed with various dietary concentrations of carotenoids | p. 481 |
| Acute toxicity and response of five size classes of Procambarus clarkii (Decapoda, Cambaridae) to malathion-trichlorfon mixture | p. 489 |
| Reproduction | |
| Comparative fecundity and reproduction in seven crab species from Mgazana, a warm temperate southern African mangrove swamp | p. 499 |
| Sex in the Palaeozoic (Ostracoda, Palaeocopida) | p. 513 |
| Evolution of brachyuran mating behavior: Relation to the female molting pattern | p. 519 |
| Fecundity and reproduction period of the red mangrove crab Goniopsis cruentata (Brachyura, Grapsidae), Sao Paulo state, Brazil | p. 527 |
| Density dependent regulation of the reproduction cycle of Moina macrocopa (Cladocera) | p. 535 |
| Pattern of reproduction in Sicyonia disdorsalis (Decapoda: Penaeoidea: Sicyoniidae) | p. 543 |
| On the reproduction of Nephrops norvegicus in the southern Adriatic Sea: Sex ratio, maturity lengths, and potential fecundity | p. 553 |
| Larvae | |
| Taxonomy of solenocerid larvae and the distribution of larval phases of Pleoticus muelleri (Decapoda: Solenoceridae) on the southern Brazilian coast | p. 565 |
| Development of a crangonid shrimp Philocheras parvirostris from Karwar, west coast of India, in the laboratory | p. 577 |
| Larval development of the Indian atyid shrimp Caridina kempi reared in the laboratory | p. 587 |
| Prolonged larval development of an inland palaemonid prawn Macrobrachium walvanensis from India | p. 593 |
| Enrichment of the nauplii of two Artemia species with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3) | p. 599 |
| The effect of salinity on larval development of spider crab Libinia spinosa (Brachyura, Majidae) reared in the laboratory | p. 605 |
| Day time larval release by decapod crustaceans in southeastern Thailand | p. 609 |
| Fisheries and Aquaculture | |
| Current practice and future research trends in salmon aquaculture in Scotland | p. 619 |
| Selective effects of fishing on the population dynamics of crustaceans | p. 627 |
| Diel variations in decapod catch rate and size of captured individuals in a subtropical area of Brazil | p. 643 |
| Concepts of reproductive value and reproductive potential and their utility for stock assessment and management: Spiny lobster Palinurus elephas from the coast of Portugal as a model | p. 657 |
| Fishery and tagging of Palinurus elephas in Sardinian Seas | p. 665 |
| A mass stranding, or 'walk out,' of west coast rock lobster, Jasus lelandii, in Elands Bay, South Africa: Causes, results, and implications | p. 673 |
| Laboratory estimates of the daily ration of the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus from the southern coast of Portugal | p. 689 |
| Close water system for experimental trials with the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) | p. 697 |
| Catchability of the lobster (Homarus americanus): Late spring versus autumn | p. 701 |
| The effects of varying dietary protein levels on growth and survival of juvenile and pre-adult redclaw (Cherax quadricarinatus) | p. 715 |
| A comparison between the biology and the exploitation level of two pink shrimp (Aristeus antennatus) stocks from two different areas in the Spanish Mediterranean | p. 721 |
| Performance of the von Bertalanffy growth curve in penaeid shrimps: A critical approach | p. 733 |
| Relative abundance and growth of Macrobrachium heterochirus between 1983-1984 and 1996-1997, Huitzilapan river basin, Veracruz, Mexico | p. 739 |
| Assessment of the Carmel Bay spot prawn, Pandalus platyceros, resource and trap fishery adjacent to an ecological reserve in central California | p. 751 |
| Remarks on distribution and fishery biology of some Plesionika species (Decapoda, Pandalidae) in the southern Adriatic basin (Mediterranean Sea) | p. 763 |
| Early ontogeny of proventriculus and mandible in the mud crab, Scylla serrata (Decapoda: Brachyura), and its implication on larviculture | p. 771 |
| Observations on decapod crustaceans from trawlable bottoms in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (western Mediterranean) | p. 779 |
| Non-interactive coexistence of two parasitic copepods of Caranx hippos (Carangidae) in eastern Venezuela | p. 791 |
| Biodiversity | |
| Conservation implications arising from a systematic review of the Tasmanian freshwater crayfish genus Parastacoides (Decapoda; Parastacidae) | p. 799 |
| Terrestrial evolution in Crustacea: The talitrid amphipod model | p. 807 |
| Use of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene for phylogenetic and population studies of Crustacea | p. 817 |
| List of Contributors | p. 831 |
| Appendix | p. 839 |
| Index | p. 845 |
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