Lobsters provides exhaustive coverage of these fascinating creatures, stretching from growth and development to management and conservation.

Features:

• Key information for lobster farmers and harvesters
• Organization of the species by genera for ease of use
• Coverage of parasites, pathogens and commensals; their impact, detection and measurement

Contents:

1. Growth & Development: Understanding and Modeling Growth Variability in Lobsters
2. Reproduction
3. Behavior
4. Phylogeny and Evolution
5. Pathogens, Parasites And Other Symbionts
6. Nutrition of Wild and Cultured Lobsters
7. Larval and Postlarval Ecology
8. Juvenile and Adult Ecology
9. Homarus species
10. Jasus species
11. Panulirus Species
12. Palinurus species
13. Nephrops species
14. Scyllarides Species
15. Conclusions

Index

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