Palaemonid Prawns
Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Biology and Management
K.V. Jayachandran
ISBN 978-1-57808-182-0; 2001; 640 Pages; US $ 155.70      Buy Now

The book is based on a vast collection of original material from many parts of the oceans. It reviews the effects of nutritional conditions on the vertical and horizontal distribution of the deep-sea fauna based on examination of the food contents of large numbers of trawl-and-grab caught benthos. The book also describes the global pattern of eutrophic and oligotrophic conditions in the abyss. In particular, it introduces a new 'near-continental' eutrophic zone, where specific feeding conditions occur throughout all oceans.

Contents:
. General Introduction
. Classification of Decapoda
. Biogeography of Palaemonid Prawns of the World
. Troglobitic Prawns (Families and Genera; Species of Family Palaemonidae; Adaptations; Commercially important Palaemonid Prawns of the World
. Biology; Food and feeding habits; Breeding Biology; Management; Hatchery Management; Farming; Supplementary (Artificial) Feeding; Diseases and their prevention