Biology of the Land Crabs

Biology of the Land Crabs is the first book to present a synthesis of both the recent & long-term findings on semi-terrestrial crustaceans. The editors present a coordinated approach to the biology of the land crabs by integrating chapters by leading researchers on the systematics of evolution, ecology, behaviour, reproduction, growth & molting, ion & water balance, respiration & circulation, & energetics & locomotion. They also discuss the varying degrees of adaptation of these creatures to life on land. Chapters emphasize an evolutionary, comparative approach & discuss how terrestrial species have become adapted from their ancestral freshwater or marine forms. For easy reference, the text includes an extensive bibliography & a comprehensive appendix that includes the natural history of nearly eighty species of crabs.Burggren, Warren W. is the author of 'Biology of the Land Crabs', published 1988 under ISBN 9780521306904 and ISBN 0521306906.