{"product_id":"studies-on-large-branchiopod-biology-denton-belk-9780792332923","title":"Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Aquaculture II","description":"1. Phylogeny and evolution.- The Upper Cambrian Rehbachiella, its larval development, morphology and significance for the phylogeny of Branchiopoda and Crustacea.- Diagnosis and phylogeny of the New World Streptocephalidae (Branchiopoda: Anostraca).- Sex determination and evolution of unisexuality in the Conchostraca.- Is sexual selection operating in the androdioecious clam shrimp, Eulimnadia texana (Crustacea: Conchostraca)?.- 2. Behaviour.- Mating behaviour and time budget of an androdioecious crustacean, Eulimnadia texana (Crustacea: Conchostraca).- Selfing versus outcrossing in the androdioecious clam shrimp, Eulimnadia texana (Crustacea: Conchostraca).- Evidence for sex-related differences in phototactic behaviour of Streptocephalus proboscideus (Crustacea: Anostraca).- 3. Ecology.- The description and preliminary prediction of the inundation pattern in a temporary habitat of Anostraca, Notostraca and Conchostraca in South Africa.- Some notes on the ecology of a German Branchipus schaefferi population (Crustacea: Anostraca).- Review of Colombian Conchostraca (Crustacea) - ecological aspects and life cycles - family Cyclestheriidae.- Review of Colombian Conchostraca (Crustacea) - ecological aspects and life cycles - families Lynceidae, Limnadiidae, Leptestheriidae and Metalimnadiidae.- Food-dependent color patterns in Thamnocephalus platyurus Packard (Branchiopoda: Anostraca); a laboratory study.- 4. Aquaculture and hatching.- Laboratory culture of fairy shrimps using baker's yeast as basic food in a flow-through system.- Larviculture of the fairy shrimp, Streptocephalus proboscideus (Crustacea: Anostraca): effect of food concentration and physical and chemical properties of the culture medium.- Evaluation of agro-industrial wastes as diets for culture of the fairy shrimp Streptocephalus proboscideus (Frauenfeld, 1873) (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca).- Influence of light, DMSO and glycerol on the hatchability of Thamnocephalus platyurus Packard cysts.- Observations on the effects of incubation at inhibitory temperature on subsequent hatching of anostracan cysts.- 5. Morphology and taxonomy.- An analysis of the setation pattern of the limbs in Anostraca (Crustacea); using the Algerian species as an example.- A contribution to the systematics of the Streptocephalidae (Branchiopoda: Anostraca).- Contribution to the taxonomy of species of the diaphanus group within the genus Chirocephalus Prevost, 1803 (Anostraca, Crustacea).- Concerning the identity of Branchinecta santacrucensis César, 1987.- Uncovering the Laurasian roots of Eubranchipus.- Age-influenced morphological changes in Leptestheria saetosa Marin?ek et Petrov, 1992 (Conchostraca, Crustacea).- Review of Colombian Conchostraca (Crustacea) - morphotaxonomic aspects.- 6. Zoogeography.- The geographic distribution of the European Branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata, Laevicaudata).- Historical biogeography and morphological differentiation of Streptocephalus torvicornis (WAGA) since the Wurm III-glaciation.- Anostraca of the Indian Subcontinent.- Life history, resting egg formation, and hatching may explain the temporal-geographical distribution of Artemia strains in the Mediterranean basin.- On the presence of the genus Tanymastix Simon, 1886 (Crustacea: Anostraca) in Macedonia.- 7. Checklist.- Checklist of the Anostraca.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denton Belk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 079233292X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780792332923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kluwer Academic Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Denton Belk","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47422639833343,"sku":"9780792332923","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07701941-80b9-4874-ba03-50a250f97711.jpg?v=1761527876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/studies-on-large-branchiopod-biology-denton-belk-9780792332923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}