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Sea urchins : biology and ecology / edited by John M. Lawrence, Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Other Authors: Lawrence, John M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2013.
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Developments in aquaculture and fisheries science ; 38.
Subjects:
Sea urchins.
Sea urchins > Ecology.
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Sea Urchins:Biology and Ecology; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; List of contributors; Chapter 1
  • Phylogeny of Sea Urchins; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. HISTORY OF RESEARCH; 3. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; 4. THE FOSSIL RECORD OF ECHINOIDS; 5. RELATIONSHIPS AMONGST THE ECHINACEA; REFERENCES; Chapter 2
  • Sea Urchin Life History Strategies; 1. CONCEPTS; 2. HABITATS AND LIFE HISTORY STRATEGIES OF SEA URCHINS; 3. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3
  • Sea Urchin Gametogenesis
  • Structural, Functional and Molecular/Genomic Biology1. SEA URCHIN GAMETOGENESIS
  • STRUCTURAL MICROENVIRONMENT; 2. SEA URCHIN GAMETOGENESIS
  • ANNUAL STRUCTURAL VARIATION; 3. SEA URCHIN GAMETOGENESIS
  • ANNUAL MOLECULAR VARIATION; 4. SEA URCHIN GAMETOGENESIS
  • ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4
  • Biochemical and Energy Requirements of Gonad Development; 1. CELLULAR ENERGY UTILIZATION; 2. ENERGY METABOLISM DURING DEVELOPMENT; 3. BIOCHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF CELLULAR METABOLISM; 4. GONAD GROWTH; 5. GONAD ENERGY METABOLISM
  • 6. FEEDING AND METABOLISMACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5
  • Endocrine Regulation of Echinoid Reproduction; 1. SEA URCHIN GONADS; 2. EXOGENOUS REGULATION OF REPRODUCTION; 3. ENDOGENOUS REGULATION OF REPRODUCTION; 4. MECHANISMS OF REGULATION; 5. GENE REGULATION IN REPRODUCTION; 6. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6
  • Larval Ecology of Echinoids; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PATTERNS IN ABUNDANCE; 3. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; 4. MORTALITY AND PREDATION; 5. FEEDING; 6. SWIMMING BEHAVIOR AND VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; 7. DISPERSAL; 8. SETTLEMENT; 9. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES
  • Chapter 7
  • Growth and Survival of Postsettlement Sea Urchins1. GROWTH; 2. SURVIVAL; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8
  • Digestive System; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE DEFINITIVE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE; 3. MAJOR REGIONS OF THE SEA URCHIN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; 4. DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9
  • Feeding, Digestion and Digestibility of Sea Urchins; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. INGESTION; 3. DIGESTION; 4. DIGESTIBILITY; 5. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10
  • Nutrition; 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. BASIC CONSIDERATIONS IN SEA URCHIN NUTRITION RESEARCH3. FEED DEVELOPMENT
  • DIETARY NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS; 4. BASIC NUTRIENT PROFILES; 5. BASIC APPLICATIONS OF FEED DEVELOPMENT; 6. SUMMARY; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; Chapter 11
  • Carotenoids in Sea Urchins; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DISTRIBUTION OF CAROTENOIDS IN SEA URCHINS; 3. METABOLISM OF CAROTENOIDS IN SEA URCHINS; 4. THE EFFECT OF DIETARY CAROTENOIDS ON GONAD COLOR IN SEA URCHINS; 5. THE ROLE OF CAROTENOIDS IN SEA URCHINS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 12
  • Disease in Sea Urchins; 1. DISEASE IN SEA URCHINS IN THE FIELD

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