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Foreword; Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Global Diversity and Conservation of Freshwater Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura); Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Habitat; 1.2 Global Diversity; 1.3 Distribution and Zoogeography; 1.3.1 Patterns of Species Richness and Endemism; 1.3.2 Islands; 1.3.3 Secondary Freshwater Crabs; 1.4 Conservation Status; 1.4.1 Data Deficiency; 1.4.2 Extinction; 1.5 Threats and Conservation Issues; 1.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References.
2 A Remarkable Anomuran: The Taxon Aegla Leach, 1820. Taxonomic Remarks, Distribution, Biology, Diversity and ConservationAbstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Taxonomic Remarks; 2.1.2 Origin and Biogeography; 2.1.3 Diversity, Distribution and Habitat; 2.2 Biology; 2.2.1 Population Size Structure and Sexual Dimorphism; 2.2.2 Reproduction; 2.2.3 Postembryonic Development; 2.2.4 Latitudinal Gradient and Climate Effect; 2.3 Conservation; Acknowledgments; References; 3 Global Diversity and Conservation of Freshwater Crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacoidea); Abstract; 3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Global Diversity3.3 Global Distribution and Zoogeography; 3.4 Habitat; 3.5 Regional Diversity, Distribution, and Conservation; 3.5.1 Eastern North America and Mexico; 3.5.1.1 Taxonomy and Population Levels; 3.6 Distribution; 3.7 Conservation; 3.7.1 North America, Pacific Drainages; 3.8 Distribution; 3.9 Conservation; 3.10 Distribution; 3.11 Conservation; 3.12 South America; 3.13 Distribution; 3.14 Conservation; 3.15 Oceania (Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand); 3.16 Distribution; 3.17 Conservation; 3.18 Madagascar; 3.19 Distribution; 3.20 Conservation; 3.21 Europe.
3.21.1 Taxonomy and Conservation3.22 Distribution; 3.23 Conservation; 3.24 Asia; 3.24.1 Taxonomy and Conservation; 3.25 Distribution; 3.26 Conservation; 3.27 Threats and Conservation Issues; 3.28 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 4 A Brief History of Freshwater Crab Research; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Contributions by Michael Türkay to Freshwater Decapod Biology; References; 5 Adaptation to Life in Fresh Water by Decapod Crustaceans: Evolutionary Challenges in the Early Life-History Stages; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Physiological Adaptation to Non-marine Conditions: Osmoregulate5.3 Principal Life-History Patterns in Decapod Crustaceans; 5.3.1 Extended Larval Development; 5.3.2 Abbreviated Larval Development; 5.3.3 Direct Development; 5.4 Relationships Between Adult Life Style, Life-History Patterns, and Osmoregulate; 5.4.1 The "Freshwaterization" Paradigm; 5.4.2 The "Part-Time" Freshwater Species: Diadromous Life Histories; 5.4.2.1 Terminology: "Diadromous" Versus "Amphidromous"; 5.4.2.2 Breeding Migrations in Terrestrial Decapoda; 5.4.2.3 Diadromous Migrations in Freshwater-Inhabiting Decapoda.
2 A Remarkable Anomuran: The Taxon Aegla Leach, 1820. Taxonomic Remarks, Distribution, Biology, Diversity and ConservationAbstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Taxonomic Remarks; 2.1.2 Origin and Biogeography; 2.1.3 Diversity, Distribution and Habitat; 2.2 Biology; 2.2.1 Population Size Structure and Sexual Dimorphism; 2.2.2 Reproduction; 2.2.3 Postembryonic Development; 2.2.4 Latitudinal Gradient and Climate Effect; 2.3 Conservation; Acknowledgments; References; 3 Global Diversity and Conservation of Freshwater Crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacoidea); Abstract; 3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Global Diversity3.3 Global Distribution and Zoogeography; 3.4 Habitat; 3.5 Regional Diversity, Distribution, and Conservation; 3.5.1 Eastern North America and Mexico; 3.5.1.1 Taxonomy and Population Levels; 3.6 Distribution; 3.7 Conservation; 3.7.1 North America, Pacific Drainages; 3.8 Distribution; 3.9 Conservation; 3.10 Distribution; 3.11 Conservation; 3.12 South America; 3.13 Distribution; 3.14 Conservation; 3.15 Oceania (Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand); 3.16 Distribution; 3.17 Conservation; 3.18 Madagascar; 3.19 Distribution; 3.20 Conservation; 3.21 Europe.
3.21.1 Taxonomy and Conservation3.22 Distribution; 3.23 Conservation; 3.24 Asia; 3.24.1 Taxonomy and Conservation; 3.25 Distribution; 3.26 Conservation; 3.27 Threats and Conservation Issues; 3.28 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 4 A Brief History of Freshwater Crab Research; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Contributions by Michael Türkay to Freshwater Decapod Biology; References; 5 Adaptation to Life in Fresh Water by Decapod Crustaceans: Evolutionary Challenges in the Early Life-History Stages; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Physiological Adaptation to Non-marine Conditions: Osmoregulate5.3 Principal Life-History Patterns in Decapod Crustaceans; 5.3.1 Extended Larval Development; 5.3.2 Abbreviated Larval Development; 5.3.3 Direct Development; 5.4 Relationships Between Adult Life Style, Life-History Patterns, and Osmoregulate; 5.4.1 The "Freshwaterization" Paradigm; 5.4.2 The "Part-Time" Freshwater Species: Diadromous Life Histories; 5.4.2.1 Terminology: "Diadromous" Versus "Amphidromous"; 5.4.2.2 Breeding Migrations in Terrestrial Decapoda; 5.4.2.3 Diadromous Migrations in Freshwater-Inhabiting Decapoda.