Book Description:
Larvae are the distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the morphology, biology and life cycle of larvae. Topics include the morphological changes of marine fish larvae and their nutrition needs; spawning and nursery areas of neoptropical fish species; larvae and embryonization principles of ontogeny in arthropods; larvicidal lectins and trypsin inhibitors isolated from different plant tissues; aquaculture production and larval rearing; expression of recombinant proteins in insect larvae; and adaptive plasticity and evolution in larvae with particular reference to the chironomid midge. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents:
Preface

Morphological Changes Of Marine Fish Larvae And Their Nutrition Need
Zhenhua Ma, Jian G. Qin (School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia) and Zhulan Nie (School of Animal Science, Tarim University, Alaer, P.R. China)

Larvae, Embryonization and Morphophysiological Principles of Ontogeny in Arthropods
(Andrew B. Shatrov, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia)

Effects of Plant Lectins and Trypsin Inhibitors on Development, Morphology and Biochemistry of Insect Larvae
(Patrícia M.G. Paiva, Emmanuel V. Pontual, Thiago H. Napoleão, Luana C.B.B. Coelho, Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil)

Intrannual Effects of Biotic and Abiotic Factors on Growth and Mortality of Anadromous Twaite Shad, Alosa Fallax Fallax (Lacépède, 1803), Larvae
(E. Esteves, J.P. Andrade, Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve CCMar, CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal)

Variation in Immunogenicity and Infectivity of Encapsulating and Non-Encapsulating Trichinella Species
(Emília Dvorožňáková, Zuzana Hurníková, Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova, Košice, Slovak Republic)

Economically Important Marine Larvae: Aquaculture Production and Larval Rearing
(Julian Gamboa-Delgado, Mariculture Program, Ecology Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México)

Morphology Like a Tool to Understand the Social Behavior in Ant’s Larvae
(Gabriela Ortiz, Maria Izabel Camargo Mathias, Odair Correa Bueno, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia, Rio Claro/SP, Brasil)

Biology and Life Cycle of Thitarodes Pui (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae): A Host of the Caterpillar Fungus Ophiocordyceps Sinensis in the Tibetan Plateau
(Zhi-Wen Zou, Jun-Feng Li, Gu-Ren Zhang, School of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, and others)

Spawning and Nursery Habitats of Neotropical Fish Species in the Tributaries of a Regulated River
(M.C. Makrakis, P.S. Silva, A.F. Lima, L. Assumpção, S. Paula, S. Makrakis, Grupo de Pesquisa em Tecnologia de Produção e Conservação de Recursos Pesqueiros e Hídricos - GETECH, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Toledo-PR, Brazil, and others)

Biofactories: Expression of Recombinant Proteins in Insect Larvae
(Nicolás Urtasun, Alexandra M. Targovnik, Laura E. Faletti, Osvaldo Cascone, María V. Miranda, Cátedra de Microbiología Industrial y Biotecnología. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Comparison of Growth, Fatty Acids and Amino Acid Profiles during Larval Ontogeny in Two Marine Fish Species
(Margarida Saavedra, Pedro Pousão-Ferreira, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas (INIAP/IPIMAR-CRIPSul), Olhão, Portugal)

Adaptive Plasticity and Evolution in Larvae with Particular Reference to the Chironomid Midge
(Athol J. McLachlan, School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)

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