Brill New Frontiers in Crustacean Biology: Proceedings of the TCS Summer Meeting, Tokyo, 20-24 September 2009: 15 (Crustaceana Monographs, 15)

Product Description This work contains the Proceedings of The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, in 2009, organized by Carcinological Society of Japan and The Crustacean Society. The presentations by internationally leading carcinologists represent major reviews of all areas of crustacean research. From the Back Cover This volume contains the Proceedings of The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting held between 20 and 24 September 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's premier event on crustacean biology and organized under the auspices of the Carcinological Society of Japan and The Crustacean Society. It reports presentations of plenary keynote addresses, special symposia, and contributed papers given at the meeting, all of which have been peer reviewed and edited. The book represents some of the best research from leading international researchers from all over the world and presents major reviews of all areas of crustacean research, including systematics, evolution, ecology, behaviour, development, physiology, symbiosis, genetics, biogeography, palaeobiology, fisheries, and aquaculture. About the Author Akira Asakura, Dr. Sci., is the President of The Crustacean Society (2010-2011) and Secretary General of the TCS Summer Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, in 2009. He is a Senior Researcher at the Natural History Museum & Institute in Chiba, Japan.