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The physiology of fishes. Volume II, Behavior /
The Physiology of Fishes, Volume II: Behavior focuses on the physiology of fishes, as well as nervous and visual systems, sense organs, fish behavior, and pigment of fishes. The book first offers information on the nervous system, including the telencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon, medulla ob...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press Inc., Publishers,
1957.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Contents of Volume; Behavior; Copyright Page; Contributors to Volume II; Table of Contents; Chapter I. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; I. Introduction; II. The Telencephalon; III. The Diencephalon; IV. The Mesencephalon; V. The Metencephalon .; VI. The Medulla Oblongata and Spinal Cord; VII. The Autonomic Nervous System; VIII. The Functional Development of the Nervous System; IX. Various Topics Relevant to the Nervous System; References; Chapter II. THE SENSE ORGANS; Part 1: THE EYE; I. Origin and Significance of the Eye; II. Component Parts of the Visual System
- III. Photoreceptive FunctionsIV. Functional Adaptations; V. Synopsis ; References ; Part 2: THE ACOUSTICO-LATERALIS SYSTEM; I. Introduction; II. The Lateral Line; III. The Ampullae of Lorenzini ; IV. The Labyrinth; References; Part 3: OLFACTORY AND GUSTATORY SENSES OF FISHES; I. Introduction; II. Definition and Theory; III. Anatomy of the Olfactory Organs of Fishes; IV. Impulses from the Olfactory Tissue to the Brain; V. Taste and the Common Chemical Sense; VI. Olfaction in Fishes; VII. Orientation to the Parent Stream as It Relates to Odor Recognition; VIII. Concluding Comment
- v. RitualizationReferences; Part 3: REPRODUCTIVE AND PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; I. Methodology; II. Ecological Relationships; III. Sensory Systems in Sexual and Parental Behavior ; IV. Endocrine Mechanisms; V. Neural Mechanisms; VI. Motor Processes; References; Chapter IV. THE SWIMBLADDER; I. Introduction; II. Hydrostatic Function; III. The Respiratory Function of the Swimbladder; IV. The Sensory Function of the Swimbladder ; V. Sound Production by the Swimbladder; VI. The Swimbladder and the Ecology of the Teleostean Fishes; References; Chapter V. ELECTRIC ORGANS
- I. The Discovery of Electric FishesII. The Anatomy of the Electric Organ; III. The Origin and Development of Electric Organs ; IV. The Characteristics of the Electric Discharge; V. The Discharge of a Single Electroplate; VI. The Nervous Control of the Electric Organ ; VII. The Biological Function of the Electric Organ; VIII. The Immunity of Electric Fishes to Their Own Discharge; References; Chapter VI. THE LUMINOUS ORGANS OF FISHES; I. Historical Introduction; II. Distribution of Luminescence; III. Types of Luminescence; IV. Nerve and Hormone Control; V. Use of the Light; References