The Crustacea is one of the dominant invertebrate groups, displaying staggering diversity in form and function, and spanning the full spectrum of Earth's environments. Crustaceans are increasingly used as model organisms in all fields of biology, as few other taxa exhibit such a variety of body shapes and adaptations to particular habitats and environmental conditions. Physiology is the fourth volume in The Natural History of the Crustacea series, and the first book in over twenty-five years to provide an overview of the comparative physiology of crustaceans. An understanding of physiology is crucial to a comprehension of the biology of this fascinating invertebrate group. Written by a group of internationally recognized experts studying a wide range of crustacean taxa and topics, this volume synthesizes current research in a format that is accessible to a wide scientific audience.
Edited by:
Ernest S. Chang (Professor Professor Bodega Marine Laboratory UC Davis),
Martin Thiel (Professor of Marine Biology,
Professor of Marine Biology,
Universidad Catolica del Norte,
Coquimbo,
Chile)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 180mm,
Width: 254mm,
Spine: 31mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780199832415
ISBN 10: 0199832412
Series: The Natural History of the Crustacea
Pages: 532
Publication Date: 16 April 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents Chapter 1. Endocrinology of Molting Simon G. Webster Chapter 2. Endocrinology of Metabolism and Water Balance - Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone Simon G. Webster Chapter 3. Adaptive Color Change and the Molecular Endocrinology of Pigment Translocation in Crustacean Chromatophores John Campbell McNamara and Sarah Ribeiro Milograna Chapter 4. Muscle Structure, Fiber Types, and Physiology Scott Medler and Donald L. Mykles Chapter 5. Skeletal Muscle Differentiation, Growth, and Plasticity Donald L. Mykles and Scott Medler Chapter 6. Regeneration in Crustaceans Penny M. Hopkins and Sunetra Das Chapter 7. Circulatory Physiology Ian J. McGaw and Carl L. Reiber Chapter 8. Osmoregulation and Excretion Jehan Hervé Lignot and Guy Charmantier Chapter 9. Nutrition and Digestion Reinhard Saborowski Chapter 10. Responses to Environmental Stresses: Oxygen, Temperature and pH Nia M. Whiteley and Edwin W. Taylor Chapter 11. Oxygen Transport Proteins in Crustacea: Hemocyanin and Hemoglobin Nora B. Terwilliger Chapter 12. Energetics and Metabolic Regulation Ana Gabriela Jimenez and Stephen T. Kinsey Chapter 13. Crustacean Genomics and Functional Genomic Responses to Environmental Stress and Infection Jonathon H. Stillman and David A. Hurt Chapter 14. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Peter L. deFur and Laura E. Williams Chapter 15. Some Physiological Responses of Crustaceans to Toxicants Judith S. Weis
Ernest S. Chang is a Professor at the Bodega Marine Laboratory at the University of California, Davis. Martin Thiel is Professor of Marine Biology at Universidad Catolica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile.
Reviews for Physiological Regulation
This volume is a luminous compendium documenting our progress toward understanding important issues in several scientific arenas. In addition to being a timely review by a broad spectrum of scientists, this will be an excellent resource for teachers, and uninitiated novices as well as professional crustacean biologists. It will become an indispensable resource in the scientific community. Carl L. Thurman II, Quarterly Review of Biology This series forms a reference work in the truest sense, one that will be referred to frequently for many years to come. The whole series would be an excellent addition to a reference library; these individual volumes are essential for anyone involved in research on the neurobiology or physiology of crustaceans, or indeed, other invertebrates. Adrian J. Wolstenholme, Invertebrate Neuroscience
