Biotechnologies Linked to Crustaceans

Daphnia spp. are used as bioindicators for over a century and are recognized as models for ecological and environmental research. Interest in Daphnia models has increased in the past decade as the research community has sequenced the genome. As a result, these invertebrates are being evaluated as models for many areas of biology and medicine from embryonic development to aging processes. This chapter integrate information across levels of organization, from genetic sequence to ecological and environmental traits for Daphnia.