Recent Advances in Freshwater Crustacean Biodiversity and Con... - 9780367443504

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Recent Advances in Freshwater Crustacean Biodiversity and ConservationAuthor(s): Tadashi Kawai, D. Christopher Rogers\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367443504, 978-0367443504\nSynopsis\nRecent Advances in Freshwater Crustacean Biodiversity and Conservation focuses on minor crustacean groups and regionally endemic groups, all from freshwaters. Chapters in this book cover crustaceans such as Maxillopods, Mysids, Cumaceans, Isopods, Amphipods, Branchiopods, Copepods, and Decapods. Each looks at global or regional fauna and discusses conservation issues for that group. The majority of the chapters are based on papers presented at symposia organized by the editors at two international scientific meetings held in Barcelona and Washington DC. The contributors are world-renowned experts on their groups, as well as on freshwater crustacean conservation and biodiversity at global levels. \n\nIt has previously been diffic.