Fish
Adaptations
Adalberto Luis Val: National Institute for Research in the Amazon,
Aleixo, Brazil
B.G. Kapoor: Formerly Professor of Zoology, Gwalior University,
Gwalior, India
ISBN 978-1-57808-249-0; 2003; 432 pages; US $ 156.80
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Water is a 'living tissue' influenced by
chemical, biological and physical factors that, in turn, are influenced by
other local and climatic factors. When water characteristics change, fish
have to adjust physiologically to these alterations in their habitat in
order to survive as a biological identity. Physiological adaptation is a
dynamic and never-ending process that has resulted in myriad fish groups
adapted to the vast environmental diversity existing on the Earth. Moreover,
adaptively modified organisms acquire greater ability to exploit the full
range of natural environment, by adopting new modes of life in many
situations. This book is a 'voyage' through Fish Adaptations, including new
and not readily available information.
The book will be of
interest to researchers, teachers and graduate students in biology, zoology,
ecology, biochemistry, genetics and physiology.
Contents: .
Fish Adaptations to Amazonian Blackwaters:
Aline Y.O. Matsuo and
Adalberto Luis Val. Hypoxia Tolerance and Adaptations
in Fishes: The Case of Amazon Cichlids:
Adriana R. Chippari-Gomes,
et al.
. Steady Swimming by Fishes: Kinetic Properties and
Power Production by the Aerobic Musculature:
David J. Coughlin.
Fish Adaptations to Pressure:
Philippe Sébert
.
Morphological Adaptations in the Digestive System of Antarctic Notothenioid
Fishes:
Grazia Tagliafierro, et al.
. Fish Feeding and
Nutritioon in Intensive Systems:
José Eurico Cyrino and
Ridrigo
Roubach. Vitamins C, D and E in Fish:
Edsandra Campos
Chagas, et al.
. Osmoregulatory Adaptations of Freshwater
Teleosts:
Bernardo Baldisserotto. Environmental
Pollution and Fish Gill Morphology:
Marisa Narciso Fernandes and
Aurélia de Fátima Mazon. Adaptations in
the Elasmobranch Electroreceptive System:
William Raschi and
Shannon Gerry. Morphological Adaptations of Pearlfish
(Carapidae) to their Various Habitats:
Eric Parmentier and
Pierre
Vandewalle. Homologies and Evolutionary Transformation of
the Skeletal Elements of Catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) Suspensorium: A
Morphofuncational Hypothesis:
Rui Diogo and
Michel Chardon.
Chromosomal Changes and Adaptation of Cichlid Fishes during Evolution:
Eliana
Feldberg, et al.
. Cytogenetics and Evolution in Extreme
Environment: The Case of Antarctic Fishes:
Eva Pisano and
Catherine
Ozouf-Costaz. Eyes and Vision of the New Zealand
Torrentfish Cheimarrichthys fosteri von Haast (1874): Histology,
Photochemistry and Electrophysiology:
Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow and
Paul Edward Coddington. Seasonal Changes in Fish
Hepatocytes and Correlations with the Endocrine System:
Eduardo Rocha,
et al.
