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理学研究科教授・朝倉彰

目次

• Symbiosis Of Planktonic Copepods And Mysids With Epibionts And Parasites In The North Pacific: Diversity And Interactions
• The Biology Of Argulus Spp. (Branchiura, Argulidae) In Japan: A Review
• Two New Species Of Ectoparasitic Isopods (Isopoda, Dajidae) From Mysids In Japan
• Recent Advances In The Biology Of The Parasitic Copepod Pseudocaligus Fugu (Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae), Host Specific To Pufferfishes Of The Genus Takifugu (Actinopterygii, Tetraodontidae)
• Bait Improvement For Swimming Crab Trap Fisheries
• A Preliminary Investigation Into The Potential Value Of Gastric Mills For Ageing Crustaceans
• The Effect Of Male Size And Spermatophore Characteristics On Reproduction In The Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus Argus
• Fisheries Management Of The Snow Crab, Chionoecetes Opilio, Off Kyoto Prefecture In The Western Sea Of Japan, With Emphasis On Its Resource Recovery
• Review Of The Current Status Of The Snow Crab Chionoecetes Opilio (O. Fabricius, 1788) Fisheries And Biological Knowledge In Eastern Canada
• The Current Status Of The Fisheries For Chionoecetes Spp. (Decapoda, Oregoniidae) In Alaskan Waters
• The Current Status Of Biological Knowledge Relating To The Management Of Fisheries For Tanner (Chionoecetes Bairdi (Rathbun, 1924)) And Snow Crabs (Chionoecetes Opilio (Fabricius, 1788)) In Alaskan Waters
• Record Of A Male Snow Crab, Chionoecetes Opilio With Two Extra Fingers On The Left Chela
• Amphidromy And Migrations Of Freshwater Shrimps. I. Costs, Benefits, Evolutionary Origins, And An Unusual Case Of Amphidromy
• Amphidromy And Migrations Of Freshwater Shrimps. II. Delivery Of Hatching Larvae To The Sea, Return Juvenile Upstream Migration, And Human Impacts
• A Migratory Shrimp’s Perspective On Habitat Fragmentation In The Neotropics: Extending Our Knowledge From Puerto Rico
• Comparison Of Genetic Population Structures Between The Landlocked Shrimp, Neocaridina Denticulata Denticulata, And The Amphidromous Shrimp, Caridina Leucosticta (Decapoda, Atyidae) As Inferred From Mitochondrial Dna Sequences
• Diversity, Abundance And Distribution Of River Shrimps (Decapoda, Caridea) In The Largest River Basin Of Costa Rica, Central America
• Sexual Selection In Crayfish: A Review
• Morphology And Electrophysiology Of Crayfish Antennules
• Effect Of Ph And Water Temperature On The Development Of The Japanese Crayfish, Cambaroides Japonicus Eggs In Vitro
• An Assessment Of The Distribution, Biology, Threatening Processes And Conservation Status Of The Freshwater Crayfish, Genus Euastacus (Decapoda, Parastacidae), In Continental Australia. I. Biological Background And Current Status
• An Assessment Of The Distribution, Biology, Threatening Processes And Conservation Status Of The Freshwater Crayfish, Genus Euastacus (Decapoda, Parastacidae), In Continental Australia. II. Threats, Conservation Assessments And Key Findings
• An Assessment Of The Distribution, Biology, Threatening Processes And Conservation Status Of The Freshwater Crayfish, Genus Euastacus (Decapoda, Parastacidae), In Continental Australia. III. Case Studies And Recommendations
• Supplemental Information On The Taxonomy, Synonymy, And Distribution Of Cambaroides Japonicus (Decapoda: Cambaridae)
• The Evolution Of Sociality: Peracarid Crustaceans As Model Organisms
• Stable Isotope Analysis Of Epibiotic Caprellids (Amphipoda) On Loggerhead Turtles Provides Evidence Of Turtle’s Feeding History
• Peracarids From Three Low-Energy Fine-Sand Beaches Of Mexico: Western Coast Of Gulf Of California
• Temporal And Spatial Variations In Functional-Trait Composition (Functional Diversity) Of Macrocrustacean Communities In Seagrass Meadows
• Spatial Differences In Stable Isotope Signatures Of Crustaceans In Brackish Lake Systems, Western Japan