Lifestyles and Feeding Biology (The Natural History of the Crustacea) 2

This second volume in the Natural History of the Crustacea series examines how crustaceans-the different body shapes and adaptations of which are described in volume 1-make a living in the wide range of environments they inhabit, and how they exploit food sources. The contributions in the volume give synthetic overviews of particular lifestyles and feeding mechanisms, and offer a fresh look at crustacean life styles through the technological tools that have been applied to recent crustacean research. These include SEM (scanning electron microscope) techniques, micro-optics, and long-term video recordings that have been used for a variety of behavioral studies. The audience will include not only crustacean biologists but evolutionary ecologists who want to understand the diversification of particular life styles, ecologists who follow the succession of communities, biogeochemists who estimate the role of crustaceans in geochemical fluxes, and biologists with a general interest in crustaceans. This Volume Is Aimed At Providing A Broad View Of Crustacean Lifestyles, And, From This Vantage Point, Increasing Our Understanding Of The Significance Of Features Of Crustacean Morphology. Crustaceans Are Probably The Most Diverse Of All Groups, Whether Insects Are Included Or Not. As A Result, It Would Seem That Crustaceans Should Make Ideal Target Organisms For Studies Of Evolutionary Development, Physiology, Or Evolutionary Ecology And Not Just Phylogeny, As Has Often Been The Case In The Past. The Chapters Included Here Summarize The Main Ecological Details Of Crustacean Lifestyles In All Habitat Types That Crustaceans Occupy. In That Sense, It Is Also A Modern Natural History Book, And We Hope The Stories Included Will Be Of Interest To Crustacean Biologists Who Would Like To Know More About The Animals They Study, Especially If That Study Occurs Primarily In The Laboratory--preface. The Role Of Natural History In Understanding The Diversity Of Lifestyles In Crustaceans / Les Watling And Martin Thiel -- Diversity Of Lifestyles, Sexual Systems, And Larval Development Patterns In Sessile Crustaceans / Benny K.k. Chan And Jens T. Høeg -- The Tube-dwelling Lifestyle In Crustaceans And Its Relation To Feeding / P. Geoffrey Moore And Lucas B. Eastman -- Burrow Dwelling In Crustacea / R. James A. Atkinson And Lucas B. Eastman -- Crustaceans Inhabiting Domiciles Excavated From Macrophytes And Stone / Barbara A. Mejaes, Alistair G.b. Poore, And Martin Thiel -- Crustaceans In Mobile Homes / Patsy A. Mclaughlin -- Crustaceans As Symbionts : An Overview Of Their Diversity, Host Use, And Lifestyles / J. Antonio Baeza -- Predator Adaptations Of Decapods / Kari L. Lavalli And Ehud Spanier -- Small Free-living Crustaceans / Richard B. Taylor -- Planktonic Crustaceans : Lifestyles In The Water Column / Rubén Escribano And Ramiro Riquelme-bugueño -- Lifestyles Of The Species-rich And Fabulous : The Deep-sea Crustaceans / George D.f. Wilson And Shane T. Ahyong -- Lifestyles Of Terrestrial Crustaceans / Alastair Richardson And Paula Beatriz Araujo -- Freshwater Crustaceans : Adaptations To Complex Inland Habitats And Species Interactions / Alan P. Covich -- Crustaceans Of Extreme Environments / Chiara Benvenuto, Brenton Knott, And Stephen C. Weeks -- Filter-feeding Mechanisms In Crustaceans / Hans Ulrik Riisgård -- Deposit-feeding : Obtaining Nutrition From Sediment / Les Watling -- Lifestyles Of Detritus-feeding Crustaceans / Sven Hammann And Martin Zimmer -- Grazers Of Macroalgae And Higher Plants / Veijo Jormalainen -- Foraging Behavior Of Crustacean Predators And Scavengers / Lucas B. Eastman And Martin Thiel. Edited By Martin Thiel And Les Watling. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Series Lifestyles and Feeding Biology Copyright Contents 1 The Role of Natural History in Understanding the Diversity of Lifestyles in Crustaceans 2 Diversity of Lifestyles, Sexual Systems, and Larval Development Patterns in Sessile Crustaceans 3 The Tube-dwelling Lifestyle in Crustaceans and Its Relation to Feeding 4 Burrow Dwelling in Crustacea 5 Crustaceans Inhabiting Domiciles Excavated from Macrophytes and Stone 6 Crustaceans in Mobile Homes 7 Crustaceans as Symbionts: An Overview of Their Diversity, Host Use, and Lifestyles 8 Predator Adaptations of Decapods 9 Small Free-living Crustaceans 10 Planktonic Crustaceans: Lifestyles in the Water Column 11 Lifestyles of the Species-rich and Fabulous: The Deep-sea Crustaceans 12 Lifestyles of Terrestrial Crustaceans 13 Freshwater Crustaceans: Adaptations to Complex Inland Habitats and Species Interactions 14 Crustaceans of Extreme Environments 15 Filter-feeding Mechanisms in Crustaceans 16 Deposit Feeding: Obtaining Nutrition from Sediment 17 Lifestyles of Detritus-feeding Crustaceans 18 Grazers of Macroalgae and Higher Plants 19 Foraging Behavior of Crustacean Predators and Scavengers Index Explores the functional morphology of crustaceans, which cover the main body parts and systems.