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1 online resource (xii, 516 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color).
"This is the last volume of a ten-volume series on The Natural History of the Crustacea. The chapters in this volume synthesize our current understanding of the diverse topics in ecology and conservation of crustaceans. The first section summarizes the role of crustaceans as food for higher trophic levels, as consumers of plant and animal prey, and it examines their contribution to the processing of dead organic material as scavengers and detritivores. The following chapters evaluate how crustaceans modify the structure of ecosystems and the availability of habitat and other resources as bioengineers through, for example, bioturbation. Non-trophic interactions involving crustaceans are synthesized in the following chapters, including parasitism and competition for space and food as well as the importance of crustacean biodiversity and disparity for the structure and functioning of ecosystems. The second section identifies threats to crustaceans in a changing world, such as the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation, global climate change, human land and water use, contaminants, and the impacts of species invasions. The third section of this volume summarizes conservation strategies for endangered crustacean species and habitats and how these strategies can benefit from modern molecular biological technologies and global digital databases. Examples will be given for successful recovery of crustacean populations in protected areas and how crustaceans are considered in legislative frameworks in, for example, nature conservation and fishery policies. The fourth section addresses the role of crustaceans in human society as species, as food but also in media and pop culture"--
Crustaceans as prey in aquatic and terrestrial food webs / Martin Thiel, and Lars Gutow -- Crustaceans as herbivores, predators, and general consumers / Rochelle D. Seitz, Romuald N. Lipcius, Jainita Patel, and Gina M. Ralph -- Vultures of the sea and shredders in the woods : crustaceans as detritivores and scavengers / Jonas C. Geburzi, and Martin Zimmer -- The importance of marine benthic crustaceans as bioturbators, habitat modifiers and ecosystem function regulators / Hazel Needham, Michael Townsend, and Andrew Lohrer -- Crustaceans as intermediate hosts in the life cycles of parasites / Robert Poulin -- Competition in crustaceans : patterns, mechanisms, and consequences / Stuart R. Jenkins -- The ecological importance of crustacean diversity / Rebecca J. Best, and Moritz D. Lürig. -- Crustacean responses to habitat loss, fragmentation, and modification / Kevin Hovel -- Impacts of ocean change on crustaceans / Christian Pansch, Marian Hu, Dirk Weihrauch, and Christian Buschbaum -- Effects of anthropogenic stressors on crustacean zooplankton in lakes / Dietmar Straile -- Impacts of contaminants on crustaceans in the field / Alex T. Ford, and Thomas Knigge -- Conservation genetics of crustaceans / Keith A. Crandall -- Causes and consequences of invasions by non-native crustaceans / Edwin Grosholz -- Habitat-based conservation of anchialine cave crustaceans / Thomas M. Iliffe, Alejandro Martínez, Fernando Alvarez, and William F. Humphreys -- Recovery of crustacean populations in protected areas / Even Moland, Raquel Goñi, Benjamin J. Hanns, and Nick T. Shears -- Crustaceans in a legislative framework / D. Christopher Rogers -- Crustaceans in society : the media, popular culture, and public awareness / Christopher B. Boyko, and Shane T. Ahyong.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Natural history of the crustacea ; v. 10