Temperature effects on reproduction and early life-history traits in the brachyuran crab Cancer setosus in the Humboldt current system [Elektronische Ressource] / by Sönke Fischer
Temperature effects on reproduction and early life-history traits in the brachyuran crab Cancer setosus in the Humboldt Current System Doctoral thesis by Sönke Fischer Submitted to Faculty 2 (Biology & Chemistry) of Bremen University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor rerum naturalium (Doctor of Natural Sciences) March 2009, Bremen i“It is evident that the various processes which are characteristic of the life-history of the edible crab [Cancer pagurus] are subject to considerable variation, and it is necessary that further investigations should be made before the numerous problems can be regarded as being solved” (Pearson, 1908). 1. Reviewer: Prof. Dr. Wolf E. Arntz (Alfred Wegener Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung Bremerhaven, Universität Bremen, Germany) 2. Reviewer: Dr. Sven Thatje (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, University of Southampton, United Kingdom) iiCONTENTS SUMMARY.................................................................................................................ivZUSAMMENFASSUNG .............................................................................................viRESUMEN ...............................................................................................................viii1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................