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Shrimp fisheries. --- Shrimps. --- Shrimp fisheries --- Prawn fisheries --- Shellfish fisheries --- Shrimps --- #ABIB:FAOdeposit --- Macroura --- Macrura --- Natantia (Decapoda) --- Prawns --- Shrimp --- Decapoda (Crustacea) --- Fisheries

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This book explores the biology of decapod shrimps, a group of animals known to most people as a nutritious and tasty food item. Shrimps are amazingly diverse in size, shape, coloration, behavior and natural history. Shrimp fisheries and aquaculture are a vital part of the USA and world economies. These crustaceans are key ecological and food-web components of marine and freshwater habitats. The book synthesizes information on the taxonomic and ecological diversity of shrimps, the structure and function of shrimp anatomy, antifouling adaptations, coloration and camouflage, reproductive biology, sexual systems, mating systems and behavior, life history strategies, symbioses between shrimps and other organisms, shrimp fisheries and aquaculture, as well as the evolution and phylogeny of shrimps. All chapters are written within an adaptational and evolutionary perspective. Important questions about shrimp biology are asked, and hypotheses for testing in future research are proposed. The book is spiced up with personal anecdotes and observations from the author’s research experiences. This book is intended as a comprehensive reference, a “go to” book about the biology of shrimps. The text is scientifically rigorous but written in a style intended for a varied readership. Thus, the book is a valuable resource for budding or working research scientists such as zoologists, aquatic biologists, fisheries and aquaculture professionals, as well as amateur naturalists, aquarium hobbyists and interested laypersons. As the saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” so that the book is amply illustrated with figures and diagrams.The numerous color plates, composed of photos contributed by expert colleagues, make the world of shrimps come alive.

Freshwater ecology. --- Marine ecology. --- Biodiversity. --- Invertebrates. --- Ecology. --- Oceanography. --- Freshwater and Marine Ecology. --- Invertebrate Zoology. --- Biooceanography. --- Oceanology --- Thalassography --- Earth sciences --- Marine sciences --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Invertebrata --- Animals --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Biological oceanography --- Marine ecosystems --- Ocean --- Aquatic ecology --- Fresh water --- Fresh-water ecology --- Ecology --- Shrimps. --- Macroura --- Macrura --- Natantia (Decapoda) --- Prawns --- Shrimp --- Decapoda (Crustacea)

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In 1961, neurobiologists found that the conduction velocity of the nerve impulse in the giant nerve fiber of the Penaeus shrimp abdominal nerve cord was over 200 m/s, the highest speed of information transmission ever observed in the animal kingdom. The peculiar myelin sheath with its unique nodal structure and the electrical properties of the nerve fibers of the shrimp have continued to be investigated for a quarter of century and are now fully described in this book. The investigation dispels the commonly held belief that the fastest recorded impulse conduction is about 120 m/s in the thickest vertebrate myelinated nerve fibers. In the shrimp, researchers found a completely novel type of functional node in the giant fiber which they designated as the fenestration node. In portions of the myelinated fiber, the fenestration node furnished the sites of excitation. Also discovered was a new strategy for increasing impulse conduction in the shrimp. The book includes a section on the formation of the fenestration node and the discovery of a strategy that allows the shrimp to escape its predators by an action of the fastest velocity. The data presented in this volume on the myelin sheath of invertebrates present a new direction for this field and a rich source of information for neurobiologists worldwide.

Marine anatomy. --- Myelinated neurofibrils. --- Nerve tissue. --- Myelinated neurofibrils --- Neural conduction --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Neuroscience --- Neural transmission. --- Shrimps --- Physiology. --- Macroura --- Macrura --- Natantia (Decapoda) --- Prawns --- Shrimp --- Nerve transmission --- Nervous transmission --- Neurotransmission --- Synaptic transmission --- Transmission of nerve impulses --- Life sciences. --- Neurosciences. --- Biochemistry. --- Cell physiology. --- Cell membranes. --- Neurobiology. --- Life Sciences. --- Animal Biochemistry. --- Cell Physiology. --- Membrane Biology. --- Neural circuitry --- Neurophysiology --- Neurotransmitters --- Decapoda (Crustacea) --- Cell surfaces --- Cytoplasmic membranes --- Plasma membranes --- Plasmalemma --- Membranes (Biology) --- Glycocalyces --- Cell function --- Cytology --- Physiology --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Biology --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Nervous system --- Neurosciences --- Composition --- Cell membranes .