Research on the Biology of Shrimps and Marine Habitats

                           (Raymond T. Bauer)


 
River shrimp Macrobrachium ohione infected by a bopyrid isopod female and dwarf male (see Cash and Bauer, 1993)
Rhynchocinetid shrimp Cinetorhynchus hendersoni; dominant male with enlarged cheliped weapons (see Bauer et al., 2014)

New Book on Shrimps 2023 (Bauer, R.T. 2023. Shrimps:Their Diversity, Intriguing Adaptations and Varied Lifestyles. Springer Cham. 720 pages, 199 b/w illustrations; 24 color illustrations, 26 color and half tone plates). This book covers all decapod shrimp groups (penaeoids, sergestoids, carideans, stenopodideans, procaridideans. go to book website https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-20966-6

 

2004 Book on Caridean Shrimps: Bauer, R.T. (March, 2004).  Remarkable Shrimps: Natural History and Adaptations of the Carideans. University of Okalahoma Press, Norman.  (hardcover, 270 pp., >100 figures, 8 color and half-tone plates)(ISBN-0-8061-3555-7, $59.95). Order book at University of Oklahoma Press or call 800-627-7377   

                          

Short Courses on Shrimp Biology     
 

Shrimp course Ubatuba, Brasil 2012; professors (left to right) Adilson Fransozo, Fernando Zara, Rogerio Costa, Ray Bauer, Fernando Mantellato, Antonio Castilo Field trip in rocky intertidal, Coquimbo, shrimp course in Chile, 2007, Antonio Castilho in left foreground Shrimp course 2011 at the University of Costa Rica, San Jose; Ray Bauer and students in lab

Trawling field trip shrimp course, Ubatuba, Brasil, 2014, Ray Bauer (at left, cap) and Rogerio Costa (on right, dark shirt) Shrimp course at UNAM, Sisal, Mexico, Prof. Nuno Simoes with students in lab Shrimp course at UNAM, Sisal, Mexico, students and professors Nuno Simoes, Ray Bauer and Jose Luis Bortolini (2011)

Major areas of research

General Biology of Decapod Shrimps

Mating Systems and Behavior

Hermaphroditism and Sex Change

Antifouling (Grooming) Behavior

Bopyrid Isopod Parasites of Shrimps

Sperm Transfer

Latitudinal Variation in Breeding Patterns

Coloration and Camouflage

River shrimp migrations

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Last Update: August 28, 2023