Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 – Transportation Vectors for Non-Indigenous Echinoderms (pp. 1-38)
J. Micael and A. C. Costa (CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
Chapter 2 – Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in Echinoderms and Their Ecological Consequences (pp. 39-56)
C. Marinho, T. Santos, N. Silva, J. Micael, A. Gonçalves, G. Igrejas and P. Poeta (Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Genomics and Biotechnology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal, and others)
Chapter 3 – Chemical Ecology of Echinoderms: Impact of Environment and Diet in Metabolomic Profile (pp. 57-76)
David M. Pereira, Paula B. Andrade, Ricardo A. Pires and Rui L. Reis (3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Taipas, Guimarães, Portugal, and others)
Chapter 4 – Population Variability and Spatial-Pattern of Sea Urchin Anthocidaris crassispina in Hong Kong (pp. 77-100)
Dickey C.C. Lau, Pak-ki Wong, Chi-chiu Cheang, Yiu-fai Tsang and Kin-chung Ho (School of Science and Technology, The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, and others)
Chapter 5 – Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (pp. 101-146)
Ciemon F. Caballes and Morgan S. Pratchett (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia)
Chapter 6- Population Ecology of Common Sea Urchins (Arbacia lixula, Paracentrotus lividus, Sphaerechinus granularis) on Algal-Dominated Rocky Shores in the Aegean Sea (pp. 147-166)
Chryssanthi Antoniadou and Dimitris Vafidis (Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and others)
Chapter 7 – Anchialine Ecosystem El Aerolito (Cozumel, Mexico): Paradise of Cave Dweller Echinoderms (pp. 167-182)
Fernando Calderón-Gutiérrez, Francisco A. Solís-Marín and Carlos A. Sánchez-Ortiz (Departamento de Biología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, and others)
Index