Fish Adaptations
Published on 1. January 2003
Book
Hardback
422 pages
978-1-57808-249-0 (ISBN)
Description
Water is a "living tissue" influenced by chemical, biological and physical factors that, in turn, are influenced by local and climatic factors. Fish have to adjust physiologically to these alterations in habitat to survive. Physiological adaptation is a dynamic and never-ending process that has resulted in myriad fish groups adapted to the vast environmental diversity which exists on Earth. Moreover, adaptively modified organisms acquire greater ability to exploit the full range of natural environments, by adopting new modes of life in many situations. This book is a journey through fish adaptations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Enfield
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Weight
960 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57808-249-0 (9781578082490)
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Content
Fish adaptations to Amazonian blackwaters; hypoxia tolerance and adaptations in fishes - the case of Amazon cichlids; steady swimming by fishes - kinetic properties and power production by the aerobic musculature; fish adaptations to pressure; morphological adaptations in the digestive system of Antarctic notothenioid fishes; fish feeding and nutrition in intensive systems; vitamins C, D and E in fish; osmoregulatory adaptations of freshwater teleosts; environmental pollution and fish gill morphology; adaptations in the elasmobranch electroreceptive system; morphological adaptations of pearlfish (carapidae) to their various habitats; homologies and evolutionary transformation of the skeletal elements of catfish (teleostei - siluriformes) suspensorium - a morphofunctional hypothesis; chromosomal changes and adaptation of cichlid fishes during evolution; cytogenetics and evolution in extreme environment - the case of Antarctic fishes; eyes and vision of the New Zealand torrentfish Cheimarrichthys fosteri von Haast (1874) - histology, photochemistry and electrophysiology; seasonal changes in fish hepatocytes and correlations with the endocrine system.