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Sea Urchins
Biology and Ecology
The only comprehensive reference for researchers working with and studying the comparative and integrative biology and ecology of sea urchins
John M. Lawrence (Edited by)
9780123964915
Hardback, published 21 June 2013
550 pages
27.8 x 21 x 3.2 cm, 1.7 kg
"A wide assortment of mostly academics in fields like oceanography and marine biology contributed to this volume...The book is divided roughly into two sections. The first is a description of virtually all aspects of sea-urchin biology and habitat…The second half of the book…gives in depth coverage to specific species of sea-urchins." --ProtoView.com, March 2014 "Consists of contributions from leading sea urchin experts, covering the basic biology of sea urchins and describing 17 species of edible sea urchines....This text is a solid compilation of the state of the knowledge of sea urchin biology, and will be a valuable addition to the library of any sea urchin researcher or marine biologists." --NORTHEASTERN NATURALIST
This fully revised and expanded edition of Sea Urchins provides a wide-ranging understanding of the biology and ecology of this key component of the world's oceans. Coverage includes reproduction, metabolism, endocrinology, larval ecology, growth, digestion, carotenoids, disease and nutrition. Other chapters consider the ecology of individual species that are of major importance ecologically and economically, including species from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa. In addition, six new contributions in areas such as immunology, digestive systems and community ecology inform readers on key recent developments and insights from the literature.Sea urchins are ecologically important and often greatly affect marine communities. Because they have an excellent fossil record, they are also of interest to paleontologists. Research on sea urchins has increased in recent years, stimulated first by recognition of their ecological importance and subsequently their economic importance. Scientists around the world are actively investigating their potential for aquaculture and fisheries, and their value as model systems for investigations in developmental biology continues to increase.
1. Phylogeny of Sea Urchins
Andrew B. Smith and Andreas Kroh
2. Sea Urchin Life History Strategies
John M. Lawrence
3. Sea Urchin Gametogenesis – Structural, Functional and Molecular/Genomic Biology
Charles W. Walker, M.P. Lesser, and Tatsuya Unuma
4. Biochemical and Energy Requirements of Gonad Development
Adam G. Marsh, Mickie L. Powell, and Stephen A. Watts
5. Endocrine Regulation of Sea Urchin Reproduction
Kristina M. Wasson, and Stephen A. Watts
6. Larval Ecology of Echinoids
Anna Metaxas
7. Growth and Survival of Postsettlement Sea Urchins
Thomas A. Ebert
8. Digestive System
Nicholas D. Holland
9. Feeding, Digestion and Digestibility of Sea Urchins
John M. Lawrence, Addison L. Lawrence, and Stephen A. Watts
10. Nutrition
Stephen A. Watts, Addison L. Lawrence, and John M. Lawrence
11. Carotenoids in Sea Urchins
Maeve S. Kelly and Rachael C Symonds
12. Disease in Sea Urchins
Yi Nan Wang, Ya Qing Chang, and John M. Lawrence
13. Immunology in Sea Urchins
José Roberto Machado Cunha da Silva
14. Sea Urchins as Drivers of Shallow Benthic Marine Community Structure
Robert S. Steneck
15. Stocking Enhancement
Yukio Agatsuma
16. Cidaroids
John M. Lawrence, and Michel Jangoux
17. Centrostephanus rodgersii
Maria Byrn, and Neil Andrew
18. Diadema
Nyawira A. Muthiga and Timothy R. McClanahan
19. Arbacia
Paola Gianguzza and Chiara Bonaviri
20. Loxechinus albus
Julio Alberto Vásquez and Gonzalo A. Donoso
21. Paracentrotus lividus
Charles F. Boudouresque and Marc Verlaque
22. Psammechinus miliaris
Maeve S. Kelly, A. D. Hughes, and E .J. Cook
23. Echinometra
Timothy R. McClanahan and Nyawira A. Muthiga
24. Evechinus chloroticus
Michael F. Barker
25. Heliocidaris erythrogramma
John K. Keesing
26. Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Robert E. Scheibling and Bruce G. Hatcher
27. Strongylocentrotus franciscanus and Strongylocentrotous purpuratus
Laura Rogers-Bennett
28. Strongylocentrotus intermedus
Yukio Agatsuma
29. Strongylocentrotus nudus
Yukio Agatsuma
30. Hemicentrotus pulcherimus, Pseudocentrotous depressus and Anthocidaris crassispina
Yukio Agatsuma
31. Lytechinus
Stephen A. Watts, James B. McClintock, and John M. Lawrence
32. Tripneustes
John M. Lawrence and Yukio Agatsuma
Subject Areas: Aquaculture & fish-farming: practice & techniques [TVT], Crustaceans [PSVT5], Marine biology [PSPM], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]
