Essential Fish Biology: Diversity, Structure, and Function

✍ Scribed by Derek Burton; Margaret Burton

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 424
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Essential Fish Biology provides an introductory overview of the functional biology of fish and how this may be affected by the widely contrasting habitat conditions within the aquatic environment. It describes the recent advances in comparative animal physiology which have greatly influenced our understanding of fish function as well as generating questions that have yet to be resolved. Fish taxa represent the largest number of vertebrates, with over 25,000 extant species. However, much of our knowledge, apart from taxonomy and habitat descriptions, has been based on relatively few of them , usually those which live in fresh water and/or are of commercial interest. Unfortunately there has also been a tendency to base our interpretation of fish physiology on that of mammalian systems, as well as to rely on a few type species of fish. This accessible textbook will redress the balance by using examples of fish from a wide range of species and habitats, emphasizing diversity as well as recognizing shared attributes with other vertebrates.

✦ Table of Contents

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Title_Pages
Preface
Fish_diversityClassification_and_variety
The_integumentThe_skin_and_associated_structures
The_skeleton_support_and_movement
Food_procurement_and_processing
Transport_blood_and_circulation
Gas_exchange
Metabolism_homeostasis_and_growth
Excretion
Reproduction
Integration_and_control_hormones
Integration_and_control_the_nervous_system
Perception_and_sensationSensory_cells_organs_and_systems
Special_adaptations
Fish_behaviour
Obtaining_informationThe_typical_fish
Conservation_and_fish_functionThe_future_for_fish
Glossary
References
Index