Antarctic Fish Biology. Evolution in a Unique Environment

✍ Scribed by Joseph T. Eastman (Auth.)

Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Leaves: 321
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This important volume provides an original synthesis and novel overview of Antarctic fish biology, detailing the evolution of these fish in some of the most unusual and extreme environments in the world. Focusing on one group of fish, the notothenoioids, which contain the majority of the current organismal diversity, this book describes a fauna that has evolved in isolation and experienced incredible adaptive radiation by acquiring numerous physiological specializations. Darwin's finches and African cichlids may be joined by Antarctic fishes as exemplars of adaptive radiation.
The books' coverage is detailed and comprehensive, and the author clearly recognizes the fact that these fish are a component of a most interesting and biologically unique ecosystem and environment. Topics in Antarctic Fish Biology include past and present environments, fossil records, taxonomic composition of fauna, systematic relationships, diversification, and physiological adaptations

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xi-xiii
1 - Physical and Biological Characteristics of the Antarctic Marine Environment, Pages 3-16
2 - Geologic and Climatic History of Antarctica, Pages 17-23
3 - The Fossil Fish Faunas, Pages 24-38
4 - The Modern Fauna: Zoogeography, Pages 41-54
5 - The Modern Fauna: Taxonomic Composition, Pages 55-66
6 - The Modern Fauna: Notothenioids, Pages 67-105
7 - Systematic Relationships of Notothenioids, Pages 106-119
8 - Zoogeographic Origins and Evolution of the Modern Fauna, Pages 120-144
9 - Biochemistry and Metabolism, Pages 147-155
10 - Evolutionary Modification of Buoyancy, Pages 156-177
11 - Antifreeze Glycopeptides, Pages 178-201
12 - Muscular System and Swimming, Pages 202-219
13 - Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems, Pages 220-244
14 - Nervous System and Special Senses, Pages 245-275
15 - Final Remarks and Outlook, Pages 276-278
References, Pages 279-314
Index, Pages 315-322

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