Overview

In The Wrong Place: Alien Marine Crustaceans - Distribution, Biology And Impacts provides a unique view into the remarkable story of how shrimps, crabs, and lobsters – and their many relatives – have been distributed around the world by human activity, and the profound implications of this global reorganization of biodiversity for marine conservation biology.  Many crustaceans form the base of marine food chains, and are often prominent predators and competitors acting as ecological engineers in marine ecosystems.  Commencing in the 1800s global commerce began to move hundreds – perhaps thousands – of species of marine crustaceans across oceans and between continents, both intentionally and unintentionally.  This book tells the story of these invasions from Arctic waters to tropical shores, highlighting not only the importance and impact of all prominent crustacean invasions in the world's oceans, but also the commercial exploitation of invasive crabs and shrimps. Topics explored for the first time in one volume include the historical roots of man's impact on crustacean biogeography, the global dispersal of crabs, barnacle invasions, insights into the potential scale of tropical invasions, the history of the world's most widely cultured shrimp, the invasive history and management of red king crabs in Norway, Chinese mitten crabs in England, and American blue crabs in Europe, the evolutionary ecology of green crabs, and many other subjects as well, touching upon all ocean shores.

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Author:   Bella S. Galil ,  Paul F. Clark ,  James T. Carlton
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.326kg
ISBN:  

9789400705906

ISBN 10:   9400705905
Pages:   716
Publication Date:   09 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I In the Beginning The Global Dispersal of Marine and Estuarine Crustaceans James T. Carlton Part II Global Dispersal Human-Mediated Spread of Alien Crabs Annette Brockerhoff and Colin McLay The Global Spread of the Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis Matt G. Bentley The Japanese Skeleton Shrimp Caprella mutica (Crustacea, Amphipoda): A Global Invader of Coastal Waters Karin Boos, Gail V. Ashton, and Elizabeth J. Cook Part III Alien Faunas by Region Barnacle Invasions: Introduced, Cryptogenic, and Range Expanding Cirripedia of North and South America James T. Carlton, William A. Newman, and Fábio Bettini Pitombo Marine Crustacean Invasions in North America: A Synthesis of Historical Records and Documented Impacts Gregory Ruiz, Paul Fofonoff, Brian Steves, and Alisha Dahlstrom Alien Decapod Crustaceans in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean Marcos Tavares The Alien and Cryptogenic Marine Crustaceans of South Africa Charles Griffi ths, Tamara Robinson, and Angela Mead The Snow Crab, Chionoecetes Opilio (Decapoda, Majoidae, Oregoniidae) in the Barents Sea Ann-Lisbeth Agnalt, Valery Pavlov, Knut E. Jørstad, E. Farestveit, and Jan Sundet Alien Malacostracan Crustaceans in the Eastern Baltic Sea: Pathways and Consequences Nadezhda A. Berezina, Victor V. Petryashev, Arturas Razinkovas, and Jūratė Lesutienė Alien Crustaceans along the Southern and Western Baltic Sea Krzysztof Jażdżewski and Michał Grabowski Checklist of Cryptogenic and Alien Crustacea of the European Atlantic Coast Pierre Y. Noël The Alien Crustaceans in the Mediterranean Sea: An Historical Review Bella S. Galil An Incoming Flood on a Cryptic Stage: Understanding Alien Crustacean Invasions in Southeast Asia Darren C.J. Yeo, James T. Carlton, Serena L.M. Teo, and Peter K.L. Ng Alien Marine Crustaceans of Japan: A Preliminary Assessment Wataru Doi, Seiichi Watanabe, and James T. Carlton Aliens in the Antipodes: Non-indigenous Marine Crustaceans of New Zealand and Australia Shane T. Ahyong and Serena L. Wilkens Part IV Commercial Exploitation of Invasive Decapods The Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus Vannamei, in Asia: The World’s Most Widely Cultured Alien Crustacean I Chiu Liao and Yew-Hu Chien The Invasive History, Impact and Management of the Red King Crab Paralithodes camtschaticus off the Coast of Norway Lis Lindal Jørgensen and Einar M. Nilssen The Commercial Exploitation of the Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis in the River Thames, London: Damned if We Don’t and Damned if We Do Paul F. Clark Part V Case Studies Live and Let Live: Invasive Host, Charybdis longicollis (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae), and Invasive Parasite, Heterosaccus dollfusi (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala: Sacculinidae) Gianna Innocenti and Bella S. Galil Invasion History and Success of the American Blue Crab Callinectes Sapidus in European and Adjacent Waters Stefan Nehring The Introduced American Lobster, Homarus americanus in Scandinavian Waters Knut E. Jørstad, Ann-Lisbeth Agnalt, and Eva Farestveit Part VI Carcinus in the Wrong Place The Evolutionary Ecology of European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, in North America Timothy C. Edgell and Johan Hollander More than One Way to Invade: Lessons from Genetic Studies of Carcinus Shore Crabs John A. Darling Ecological Impacts of Replacing One Invasive Species with Another in Rocky Intertidal Areas Blaine D. Griffen Index  

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From the reviews: This book is a welcome ... summary of just the introduced marine crustaceans, with the number and diversity of alien species listed here likely to surprise most professional marine biologists. The chapters cover a mix of topics with different approaches, some dealing entirely with the economic or ecological effects of a single species and others concentrating on a particular geographic region. ... A valuable addition to the literature on introduced species. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. (G. C. Jensen, Choice, Vol. 49 (6), February, 2012)

From the reviews: This book is a welcome ! summary of just the introduced marine crustaceans, with the number and diversity of alien species listed here likely to surprise most professional marine biologists. The chapters cover a mix of topics with different approaches, some dealing entirely with the economic or ecological effects of a single species and others concentrating on a particular geographic region. ! A valuable addition to the literature on introduced species. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. (G. C. Jensen, Choice, Vol. 49 (6), February, 2012)

From the reviews: “This book is a welcome … summary of just the introduced marine crustaceans, with the number and diversity of alien species listed here likely to surprise most professional marine biologists. The chapters cover a mix of topics with different approaches, some dealing entirely with the economic or ecological effects of a single species and others concentrating on a particular geographic region. … A valuable addition to the literature on introduced species. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.” (G. C. Jensen, Choice, Vol. 49 (6), February, 2012)

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