Publisher Summary This chapter describes the composition of the macroinvertebrate fauna
of tropical streams, especially the insects, with the aim of uncovering the patterns in diversity …

Population structure and relative growth of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium brasiliense
(Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from São Paulo State, Brazil. We conducted a study of M …

Some reproductive features of Macrobrachium potiuna and M. olfersi females were
compared, correlating brood pouch volume with the number and volume of eggs during the …

Macrobrachium amazonicum is considered a favorite Brazilian species of freshwater prawn
for cultivation as a result of its quick development and because it is easy to maintain in …

Macrobrachium olfersii is an amphidromous freshwater prawn, widespread along the
eastern coasts of the Americas. This species shows great morphological modifications …

The size at the onset of sexual maturity (SOM) was determined in four hololimnetic
populations of Macrobrachium amazonicum using morphometric, physiological and …

Macrobrachium carcinus, one of the largest freshwater shrimp of the east coast of the
Americas, is commercially fished in certain parts of the region. We present data concerning …

The heterochelous condition of the second pair of pereiopods in both male and female
Macrobrachium olfersi from São Sebastião, Brazil, was investigated by means of quantitative …

Diversas estrategias reproductivas pueden ser adoptadas por distintas especies de
camarones del género Macrobrachium, e incluso entre diferentes poblaciones de la misma …

The embryonic development of four species of the family Palaemonidae was studied under
laboratory conditions. Adults of Macrobrachium olfersi (Wiegman, 1836), Macrobrachium …