In the Wrong Place - Alien Marine Crustaceans: Distribution, Biology and Impacts (repost)
In the Wrong Place - Alien Marine Crustaceans: Distribution, Biology and Impacts
Publisher: Springer | ISBN 10: 9400705905 | 2011 | PDF | 731 pages | 13.8 MB
Publisher: Springer | ISBN 10: 9400705905 | 2011 | PDF | 731 pages | 13.8 MB
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.