Reproductive Strategy of Marine Bivalves and Echinoderms
V.L. Kasyanov: Institute of Marine Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
ISBN 978-1-57808-136-3; 2001; 240 Pages; US $ 100.20      Buy Now


One of the main objectives of the work is to analyze the data on reproduction and growth that might be useful in practical aquaculture, and the industry. Hence the scope of investigations on echinoderms has been confined to economically important species-sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and sea stars. Members of the first two classes, such as bivalves, represent objects of aquaculture and industry, while sea stars damage them by attacking mollusks. This wide ranging material has been presented within a conceptual framework of types of reproductive strategy, classified as: planktotrophic larval, lecithotrophic larval, and lecithotrophic embryonic. The book provides a detailed description of planktotrophic larval reproductive strategy and describes its consequences on the ecology, population, and other specific features.

The book has been updated and revised by the author for the English edition in 2000.

Contents:
INTRODUCTION
. Classification of Reproductive Strategies among Marine Bottom Invertebrates

MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
. Planktotrophic Larvae
. Metamorphosis
. Reproduction

ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS
. Planktotrophic Larvae
. Settlement and Recruitment
. Reproduction

CONCLUSIONS