Lobsters: Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture

This book is an important addition to the knowledge of lobster research. The book complements other books published on lobster research and management as it focuses on Indian lobster fisheries and aquaculture developments where there have been nearly 350 research papers and reports and 19 PhD awards...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Radhakrishnan, E. V. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Phillips, Bruce F. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Achamveetil, Gopalakrishnan. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9094-5
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, anatomy and life history
  • An updated checklist of World marine lobsters
  • Lobster fauna of India
  • Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic implications in spiny lobsters
  • Ecology and distribution of palinurid lobsters
  • Food, feeding behaviour, growth, reproduction and neuroendocrine control of moulting and reproduction
  • Lobster fisheries and Management : Part A. Spiny and slipper lobster fisheries in India. B. Lobster fisheries of Indian Ocean Rim Countries
  • Review of on the current global status and future challenges for management of lobster fisheries
  • Reproductive biology of spiny and slipper lobsters
  • Breeding, hatchery production and mariculture. A.Spiny lobsters. B. Slipper lobsters
  • Culture of Scyllarid lobster larvae fed jellyfish as food
  • Lobster aquaculture development in Vietnam and Indonesia
  • Pathogens and health management in lobster aquaculture
  • Postharvest processing, value addition and marketing of lobsters
  • Perspectives and future directions for lobster research.