Extremophile Fishes Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology of Teleosts in Extreme Environments /

This book summarizes the key adaptations enabling extremophile fishes to survive under harsh environmental conditions. It reviews the most recent research on acidic, Antarctic, cave, desert, hypersaline, hypoxic, temporary, and fast-flowing habitats, as well as naturally and anthropogenically toxic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Riesch, Rüdiger (Editor ), Tobler, Michael (Editor ), Plath, Martin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Temas:
Freshwater ecology.
Marine ecology.
Animal migration.
Anatomy, Comparative.
Physiology.
Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
Animal Migration.
Animal Anatomy.
Animal Physiology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Extremophile fishes: An Introduction
  • Low-Oxygen Lifestyles
  • The Adaptive Radiation of Notothenioid Fishes in the Waters of Antarctica
  • Desert Environments
  • Hypersaline Environments
  • Life in the Fast Lane: A Review of Rheophily in Freshwater Fishes
  • Hydrogen Sulfide-Toxic Habitats
  • Cave Environments
  • Pickled Fish Anyone?
  • Temporary Environments
  • Evolutionary Toxicology: Population Adaptation in Response to Anthropogenic Pollution
  • Extremophile fishes: an integrative synthesis.

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