Baltic Crustaceans / by Anna Szaniawska.

• Crustaceans in the history of the Baltic Sea -- Baltic Sea : a living environment -- The Szczecin Lagoon and Pomeranian Bay -- The Gulf of Gdansk and Vistula Lagoon -- The Gulf of Riga -- The Gulf of Finland -- The Gulf of Bothnia -- General characteristics of Malacostraca -- Speciea Accounts -- Non-native Crustaceans -- Function and importance of crustaceans. 

• 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.

Ämnesord

Environment  (LCSH)

Aquatic ecology  (LCSH)

Invertebrates  (LCSH)

Marine sciences  (LCSH)

Freshwater  (LCSH)

Malacostraca  -- Baltic Sea (LCSH)

Malacostraca  -- Baltic Coast. (LCSH)

Crustacea  -- Baltic Sea. (LCSH)

Crustacea  -- Baltic Coast. (LCSH)

Marine ecology  -- Baltic Sea. (LCSH)

Brackish water ecology  -- Baltic Coast. (LCSH)

Storkräftor  -- Östersjön (sao)

Marine & Freshwater Sciences 

Freshwater & Marine Ecology 

Nyckelord

Ugjda Sköldkräftor (Eucarida)

Publikations- och innehållstyp

QH541.5.S3 (LCC)

QH541.5.F7 (LCC)

SCI039000 (ämneskategori)

NAT029000 (ämneskategori)

595.370916334 (DDC)

Ugjda.07-bz Östersjön (kssb/8)