Fish Physiology
Behavior and fertility control.
Academic Press
Published on 1. December 1983
476 pages
978-0-08-058530-7 (ISBN)
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Fish Physiology
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William S. Hoar | D.J. Randall
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Content
- Front Cover
- Fish Physiology, Volume IX
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Contents of Other Volumes
- Chapter 1. Hormones, Pheromones, and Reproductive Behavior in Fish
- I. Introduction
- II. Annual Cycles in Gonadal Steroids in Relation to the Onset and Maintenance of Reproductive Behavior
- III. Secondary Sexual Characteristics
- IV. Chemical Signals (Pheromones)
- V. Reproductive Behavior
- VI. Brain Mechanisms of Hormone Action
- References
- Chapter 2. Environmental Influences on Gonadal Activity in Fish
- I. Introduction
- II. Environmental Influences on Gonadal Development (Gametogenesis)
- III. Environmental Influences on Spawning
- IV. Environmental Influences on Gonadal Regression
- V. Applications of Aquaculture
- VI. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3. Hormonal Control of Oocyte Final Maturation and Ovulation in Fishes
- I. Introduction
- II. Final Maturation
- III. Ovulation
- IV. Synchrony in the Sequence and Control of Final Maturation and Ovulation
- V. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4. Sex Control and Sex Reversal in Fish under Natural Conditions
- I. Introduction
- II. Sex Patterns in Fishes
- III. Intrinsic Factors of Sex Control and Sex Reversal
- IV. Extrinsic Factors of Sex Control and Sex Reversal
- V. Interaction of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Sex Control and Sex Reversal
- VI. Advantages of Hermaphroditism
- References
- Chapter 5. Hormonal Sex Control and Its Application to Fish Culture
- I. Introduction
- II. Sex Determination and Differentiation
- III. Hormonal Sex Control
- IV. Economically Important Species
- V. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. Fish Gamete Preservation and Spermatozoan Physiology
- I. Introduction
- II. Morphology of Spermatozoa
- III. Metabolism by Spermatozoa
- IV. Motility of Spermatozoa
- V. Gamete Quality
- VI. Short-Term Preservation of Spermatozoa
- VII. Short-Term Preservation of Ova
- VIII. Cryopreservation of Gametes
- IX. Final Remarks
- References
- Chapter 7. Induced Final Maturation, Ovulation, and Spermiation in Cultured Fish
- I. Introduction
- II. Induced Maturation in Fish Culture
- III. Induced Final Maturation and Ovulation
- IV. Induced Spermiation
- V. Conclusions and Future Developments
- References
- Chapter 8. Chromosome Set Manipulation and Sex Control in Fish
- I. Introduction
- II. Techniques in Chromosome Set Manipulation
- III. Gynogenesis and Androgenesis
- IV. Induced Polyploidy
- V. Summary
- References
- Author Index
- Systematic Index
- Subject Index
