Biology and Culture of Portunid Crabs of World Seas: Biology and Ecology of Marine Life

ISBN-13: 9781774636466 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 416 str.

Ramasamy Santhanam

Opis

Biology and Culture of Portunid Crabs of World Seas provides an abundance of valuable first-hand information about the diversity, biology, ecology culture of the portunid crabs of the word seas. This new volume presents the biology and aquaculture of marine portunid crabs. It covers the biology of commercially important portunid

Spis treści

Preface. Introduction. Biology and Ecology of Portunid Crabs. Profile of Portunid Crabs (Family: Portunidae). Aquaculture of Portunid Crabs. Nutritional Values of Portunid Crabs. Biomedical, Food and Industrial Applications of Portunid Crab Wastes. Diseases and Parasites of Portunid Crabs.

O autorze

Dr. Ramasamy Santhanam is the former Dean of the Fisheries College and Research Institute at the Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in Thoothukudi, India. His fields of specialization are marine biology and fisheries environment. Presently he is serving as a resource person for various universities in India. He has also served as an expert for the Environment Management Capacity Building Technical Assistance Project, a World Bank-aided project of the Department of Ocean Development, India. He was a a member of the American Fisheries Society, the World Aquaculture Society, the Global Fisheries Ecosystem Management Network (GFEMN), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Commission on Ecosystem Management, Switzerland. Dr. Santhanam has published 20 books on fisheries science/marine biology as well as 70 research papers.