Fish Physiology: Recent Advances
Fishes are very successful vertebrates and have adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions, from the deep ocean to the smallest brook or pond. The physiological background to these environmental adaptations is, obviously, far from clear, and prov
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Fish physiology is a subject of increasing research interest, both as a developing area within animal physiology generally and as a foundation for applied work in fisheries, aquaculture and pollution ecology. This book reviews a number of major advances in this area including haemopoiesis, acid-base regulation, physiology of the circulation, digestive physiology and physiological toxicology. It will therefore interest all workers in pure and applied fish biology.
FISH PHYSIOLOGY: Recent Advances Edited by STEFAN NILSSON and SUSANNE HOLMGREN
qp CROOM HELM London. Sydney. Dover, New Hampshire
© 1986 Stefan Nilsson and Susanne Holmgren Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1986 Croom Helm Ltd, Provident House, Burrell Row, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1AT Croom Helm Australia Pty Ltd, Suite 4, 6th Floor 64-76 Kippax Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Fish physiology: recent advances. 1. Fishes-Physiology I. Nilsson, Stefan II. Holmgren, Susanne 597'.01 QL639.1 ISBN-13: 978-94-011-6560-0 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-011-6558-7 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-011-6558-7 Croom Helm, 51 Washington Street, Dover, New Hampshire 03820, USA Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fish physiology. Includes index. 1. Fishes - Physiology. I. Nilsson, Stefan, 1946. II. Holmgren, Susanne, 1946QL639.I.F574 1986 597'.01 86-13471 ISBN-13: 978-94-011-6560-0
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CONTENTS
Preface List of Contributors Physiology of Haemopoiesis I. Ragnar Fiinge Mechanisms and Limitations of Fish Acid-Base 2. Regulation Norbert Heisler Physiological Investigations of Marlin 3. Charles Daxboeck and Peter S. Davie 4. Fish Cardiology: Structural, Haemodynamic, Electromechanical and Metabolic Aspects Kjell Johansen and Hans Gesser Control of Gill Blood Flow 5. Stefan Nilsson Exercise 6. Pat J. Butler 7. Gastro-intestinal Peptides in Fish Susanne Holmgren, Ann-Cathrine Jonsson and Bjorn Holstein Gastro-intestinal Physiology: Rates of Food 8. Processing in Fish David J. Grove Filtration in the Perfused Hagfish Glomerulus 9. Jay A. Riegel Physiological Methods in Fish Toxicology: 10. Laboratory and Field Studies Lars Forlin, Carl Haux, Tommy Andersson, Per-Erik Olsson and Ake Larsson II. Toxicity Testing Procedures Goran Dave Index
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This book is dedicated to Professor Emeritus Ragnar Fiinge
PREFACE
Fishes are very successful vertebrates and have adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions, from the deep ocean to the smallest brook or pond. The physiological background to these environmental adaptations is, obviously, far from clear, and provides fish physiologists with many challenges. The number of extant fish species has been estimated to be in excess of 20000, and only relatively few of these have been subject to physiological studies. Yet among these animals can be found many physiological systems different from those of the land-dwelling vertebrates,
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