The UFAW handbook on the care and management of decapod crustaceans in captivity /
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| Language: | English |
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Potters Bar :
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare,
[1995]
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Table of Contents:
- Decapod biology
- Definition
- Morphology and anatomy
- Ecdysis
- Hormones
- Rhythms
- Feeding
- Behaviour
- Reproduction
- Classification and nomenclature
- Identification
- Management of aquatic environments
- Sea water
- Freshwater
- Factors affecting water quality
- Maintaining water quality
- Holding modules
- Management of semi-terrestrial environments
- Holding modules
- Rearing in captivity
- Rearing equipment
- Stocking densities
- Feeding equipment
- Food and feeding
- Adults
- Larvae
- Captive species : special requirements
- Collecting, handling and transporting decapods
- Collecting methods
- Collecting equipment
- Handling
- Transporting
- Collecting restrictions
- Restraining, anaesthetising and killing
- Restraining
- Anaesthetising
- Killing
- Diseases of decapods
- Viruses
- Rickettsiae
- Bacteria
- Fungi and elliobiopsids
- Protozoa
- Metazoans associated with decapods
- Non-infectious conditions
- Prevention and treatment
- Appendix
- Classification, vernacular names, research, traded and vulnerable decapods
- Identification aids to decapod crustaceans