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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press,
1978.
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| Colección: | Fish physiology ;
v. 7. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Fish Physiology, Volume VII; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Terminology to Describe Swimming Activity in Fish; Contents of Other Volumes; Chapter 1. Form, Function, and Locomotory Habits in Fish; I. Introduction; II. Early History of Studies on Fish Locomotion; III. Modes of Swimming; IV. Nonswimming Locomotion; V. Propulsive Anatomy; VI. Locomotory Habits of Wild Fish; References; Chapter 2. Swimming Capacity; I. Introduction; II. Field Measurements of Performance; III. Laboratory Measurements of Performance; IV. Energetics of Swimming.
- v. Application to Management PracticesReferences; Chapter 3. Hydrodynamics: Nonscombroid Fish; I. Introduction; II. Steady Swimming; III. Unsteady Propulsion; IV. Unsteady versus Steady Propulsion; V. Mechanics of Median and Paired Fin Propulsion; References; Chapter 4. Locomotion by Scombrid Fishes: Hydromechanics, Morphology, and Behavior; I. Introduction; II. Observed Swimming Speeds; III. General Considerations of Swimming Equilibria; IV. Weight, Buoyancy, Hydrodynamic Lift, and Prediction of Sustained Speeds; V. Resistance to Forward Movement; VI. Thrust Production; References.
- Chapter 5. Body Temperature Relations of Tunas, Especially SkipjackI. Introduction; II. History; III. What Is the Real (i.e., Typical) Excess Body Temperature of Tunas?; IV. What Is the Heat Source Responsible for Large Excess Body Temperatures in Tunas?; V. Anatomical Basis of Warm-Bodiedness in Tunas; VI. Exchange of Heat between Tunas and Their Environment; VII. Do Tunas Regulate Their Body Temperature?; VIII. Adaptive Values of Warm-Bodiedness and Large Thermal Inertia; IX. Physiological Insights into the Natural History of Tunas; X. Conclusion: A Thermocentric Overview of Tuna Evolution.
- IV. Metabolism of Adenylates and Related CompoundsV. Carbohydrate Metabolism; VI. Lipid Metabolism; VII. Protein Metabolism; VIII. Citric Acid Cycle; References; Author Index; Systematic Index; Subject Index.