1. An overview / Elena Mente and Christos Neofitou -- 2. Phylogeny biology and ecology of crustaceans (Phylum arthropoda ; subphylum crustacea) / Spyros D. Klaoudatos and Dimitris S. Klaoudatos -- 3. Aspects on population and aquaculture : genetics of crustaceans / Athanasios Exadactylos -- 4. Reproduction of crustaceans in relation to fisheries / Hčtor A. Lizr̀raga-Cubedo, Graham J. Pierce and M. Begoą Santos -- 5. Mating behaviour / Assaf Barki -- 6. Endocrine control of female reproduction / Gabriele Stowasser -- 7. Male reproductive hormones / Ernest S. Chang and Amir Sagi -- 8. Nutrition in relation to reproduction in crustaceans / Gerard Cuzon, Gabriela Gaxiola and Carlos Rosas -- 9. Coordination of reproduction and molt in decapods / Shaul Raviv, Shmulik Parnes and Amir Sagi -- 10. Reproductive biology and growth of marine lobsters / Arthur J. Ritar and Greg G. Smith -- 11. Male and female reproduction in penaeid shrimps / Shmulik Parnes, Shaul Raviv and Amir Sagi -- 12. Reproduction and growth of decapod : crustaceans in relation to aquaculture / Greg G. Smith and Arthur J. Ritar -- 13. The crustacean nephrops norvegicus : growth and reproductive behaviour / Christopher J. Smith and Nadia K. Papadopoulou -- 14. Implementation of failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), cause and effect diagram, HACCP and ISO 22000 to the reproductive cycle and growth of crustaceans in cultured conditions / Ioannis S. Arvanitoyannis.