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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299389903321

Autore

Szaniawska Anna

Titolo

Baltic Crustaceans / / by Anna Szaniawska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-56354-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 199 p. 120 illus., 75 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

551.4

Soggetti

Marine sciences

Freshwater

Aquatic ecology 

Invertebrates

Marine & Freshwater Sciences

Freshwater & Marine Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Crustaceans in the history of the Baltic Sea -- 3. Baltic Sea - the life environment -- 3.1. Salinity -- 3.2. Temperature -- 3.3. Stagnation -- 3.4. Oxygenation -- 3.5. Bottom sediments -- 3.6. Human activity impact -- 4. Szczecin Lagoon and Pomeranian Bay -- 5. Gulf of Gdanks and Vistula Lagoon -- 6. Gulf of Riga -- 7. Gulf of Finland -- 8. Gulf of Bothnia -- 9. General characteristics of Malacostraca -- 10. Table of species -- 11. Non native species -- 12. Function and importance of crustaceans -- 13. Literature -- 14. Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents all Malacostracan crustaceans occurring in the Baltic Sea in water salinity from 2 to 15 psu. The Baltic sea is very special due to its low salinity and characteristic fauna. For each of the 58 species the systematic position, the origin and distribution in European waters are given, and the environmental preferences, the role in the food web and human economy described. The book describes the history of Baltic sea and the occurrence of crustaceans in its history against the terms of hydrological conditions, explaining why in the Baltic sea only part of all marine crustaceans occur. The book is richly illustrated with



photographs and beautiful pictures of animals specifically prepared for this book.