The Biology of Terrestrial Isopods : : Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods.

• Superior document: Crustaceana Monographs
• Author: International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods
• VerfasserIn: Sfenthourakis, Spyros,
• TeilnehmendeR: Sfenthourakis, Spyros.; International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods (5th : 2001 : Crete, Greece)
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2004.; ©2004.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Crustaceana Monographs
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (394 pages)

The book contains papers presented at the 5th International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods, dealing with most aspects of the biology of terrestrial isopods, such as ecology, systematics, biogeography, reproductive biology, physiology, endocrinology etc.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Editorial note -- Organization of the Symposium -- Marie Flasarová 1934-2000 -- The presence of the family Scleropactidae in Dobrogea. Systematic and zoogeographic remarks -- New aspects in the phylogeny of the Oniscidea inferred from molecular data -- Morphology and function of the "sulcus arcuatus" in the Eubelidae (Isopoda, Oniscidea) -- Leg structure and mate guarding in the Ligiidae (Isopoda, Oniscidea) -- The stomach in Oniscidea: structure and evolution Evolution of terrestriality in Hawaiian species of the genus Ligia (Isopoda, Oniscidea) -- Morphological and molecular examination of bacteria associated with the wall of the papillate region of the gut in Porcellio scaber (Isopoda) -- Energetics and nutritional aspects of brood-development in the semiterrestrial isopod, Ligia pallasii -- Population dynamics and production of the isopod, Tylos ponticus in a Ria Formosa saltmarsh (south Portugal) -- Reproductive investment of aquatic and terrestrial isopods in central Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) Establishment of a Mediterranean isopod (Chaetophiloscia sicula Verhoeff, 1908) in a North American temperate forest -- Diversity and biogeography of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from southwestern Australia: organic matter and habitat utilization in seasonally dry landscapes -- Altitudinal variation of oniscidean communities on Cretan mountains -- Development of the community structure of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) after a summer flood -- Habitat and resource use by terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) The physiological consequences of metal and other environmental contaminants to terrestrial isopod species -- Effect of copper and nickel contamination on growth and fecundity in Porcellio spinicornis (Isopoda) -- Variations of calcium deposition in terrestrial isopods -- Osmoregulation and salt excretion in the Ligiidae and Tylidae (Isopoda, Oniscidea) -- Extrinsic innervation of the hindgut in the isopod Porcellio scaber: an anatomical study -- Histochemically identified extrinsic and intrinsic neural structures in the hindgut of the isopod, Porcellio scaber Genetic diversity in the mitochondrial 16S rDNA among five populations of Armadillidium pelagicum (Isopoda, Oniscidea) -- List of participants.