Sea Urchins Biology and Ecology

About this book

Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology, fourth edition, expands its coverage to include the entire class of Echinoidea, making this new edition an authoritative reference of the entire class of species. This is a valuable resource that will help readers gain a deep understanding of the basic characteristics of sea urchins, the basis of the great variation that exists in sea urchins, and how sea urchins are important components of marine ecosystems. Updated coverage includes sections on reproduction, metabolism, endocrinology, larval ecology, growth, digestion, carotenoids and disease.

Contents

1. Phylogeny of Echinoidea
2. Life history strategies
3. Sea urchin gametogenesis
4. Biochemical and energy requirements of gonad development
5. Endocrine regulation of echinoid reproduction
6. Larval ecology of echinoids
7. Growth and survival of post-metamorphic echinoids
8. Digestive system of regular sea urchins
9.  Feeding, digestion of sea urchins
10. Nutrition
11. Carotenoids in sea urchins
12. Disease in sea urchins
13. Immunology of sea urchins
14. Effect of projected climate change on sea urchins
15. Sea urchins as drivers of shallow benthic marine community structure
16. Deep sea echinoids
17. Ecology
18. Stock enhancement of sea urchins
19. Jangoux Cidaroids
20. Centrostephanus rodgersii
21. Diadema
22. Bonavari. Arbacia
23. Donoso. Loxechinus albus
24. Paracentrotus lividus
25. Psammechnus miliaris
26. Muthiga. Echinometra
27. Evechinus chloroticus
28. Heliocidaria
29. Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
30. Mesocentrotus franciscanus and
31. Strongylocentrotus intermedius
32. Mesocentrotus nudus
33. Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus, Pseudocentrotus depressus, and Heliocidaris crassipina
34. Tripneustes
35. Lytechinus
36. Sterechinus neumayeri
37. Echinocardium

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