Anthony P. Farrell / John F. Steffensen (eds.)

Fish Physiology: The Physiology of Polar Fishes

Volume 22
Herausgegeben:Farrell, Anthony; Steffensen, John F.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Volume 22 of the Fish Physiology Series is entirely devoted to fishes of high latitudes (Arctic and Antarctic). Three central themes comprise the book: the uniqueness of the physiology of fishes that live in cold polar environments, a comparative analysis of physiological patterns exemplified by fishes that live poles apart and, how fishes differ from fishes living in more temperate and tropical habitats.

Fish Physiology: The Physiology of Polar Fishes highlights the physiological adaptations that evolved to allow certain fish to exploit the frigid, yet productive, Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. The reader will explore what is known, as well as what remains undiscovered, concerning the fish indigenous to both polar regions. This will be of great interest to physiologists, ichthyologists, and comparative biologists researching low temperature biology, fishery scientists, faculty, graduate students.

Produktdetails

• Fish Physiology Volume 22
• Verlag: Academic Press / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: S1546-5098(04)X1027-X
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 770g
• ISBN-13: 9780123504463
• ISBN-10: 0123504465
• Artikelnr.: 21970239

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. The Arctic and Antarctic Polar Marine Environments
Contributors: Arthur L. DeVries and John F. Steffensen

Chapter 2. Systematic of Polar Fishes
Contributors: Peter R. M?ller, J?rgen G. Neilsen, and M. Eric Anderson

Chapter 3. Metabolic Biochemistry: Its Role in Thermal Tolerance and in the Capacities
of Physiological and Ecological Function
Contributors: H. O. Pörtner, M. Lucassen, and D. Storch

Chapter 4. Antifreeze Proteins and Organismal Freezing Avoidance in Polar Fishes
Contributors: Arthur L. DeVries and C.-H. Christina Cheng

Chapter 5. Respiratory Systems and Metabolic Rates
Contributors: John F. Steffensen

Chapter 6. The Circulatory System and its Control
Contributors: M. Axelsson

Chapter 7. Blood Gas Transport and Haemoglobin Function in Polar Fishes: Does Lower
Temperature Explain Physiological Characters?
Contributors: RMG Wells

Chapter 8. Antarctic Fish Skeletal Muscle and Locomotion
Contributors: William Davison

Chapter 9. The Nervous System
Contributors: John McDonald and John Montgomery

Rezensionen

"The latest volume of the prestigious Fish Physiology series brings together a group of distinguished workers in the area of polar fish and provides a state-of-the-art survey of our understanding of the physiology of a group of organisms that have successfully adapted to one of the most physiologically challenging marine envrionments on the Earth. In addition to providing a masterly summary of the classical work, the authors also discuss areas of active current research making this the best current review of freezing avoidance in polar fish...it succeeds in providing a thorough, timely and authoritative survey of the physiology of polar fishes. It will find a place in my library and I have already found myself making extensive use of it...an excellent summary of current knowledge and will remain for some time the place to go to learn about the physiology of fishes living at high latitudes." --POLAR RESEARCH

"...this volume covers all the major topics in fish physiology, with a special emphasis on the challenges and adaptations of fishes in extreme polar environments. This book is a valuable resource for those with interest in the biology of fishes in Arctic and Antarctic environments, as well as providing a good overview of general topics in fish physiology. The publication of this volume is also timely for anyone with an interest in the effects of global change in polar regions." --FISHERIES