Preface

It is some years since an entire volume of Advances in Marine Biology was devoted to a review by a single author or a review of one topic. We are now pleased to devote a whole volume to the work of William Dall and his colleagues, whose studies on Penaeid prawns are presented here. This is a comprehensive account of penaeid biology, an up-to-date and thoroughly scientific analysis of a group with considerable biological and commercial interest. We trust this account of recent advances made in the study of penaeid biology will be of value to our regular readers and that the wider marine aquacultural audiences will find it an excellent source book of background information.

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