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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 und...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
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, |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 417 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-402) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198785569 0198785569 9780198785552 0198785550 |
| Index Number: | QL615 |
| CLC: | Q959.4 |
| Call Number: | Q959.4/B974 |
| Contents: |
1. Fish diversity -- Summary -- Introduction -- Classification -- Variety in fish structure and function -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- 2. The integument -- Summary -- Introduction -- Fish skin structure -- Fish scales -- Bony plates and scutes -- Habitat and colour -- Abnormal skin colour -- Colour change -- Skin variability -- Skin responses to heat and cold -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- 3. The skeleton, support and movement -- Summary -- Introduction -- Cartilage and bone -- The exoskeleton -- The endoskeleton -- Trends in the fish skeleton -- Articulation of the skeleton -- Locomotion - 9. Reproduction -- Summary -- Introduction -- Sexual dimorphism -- Hermaphroditism, sex determination and manipulation -- The male reproductive system -- The female reproductive system -- Genital pores -- Gametogenesis -- Spermatogenesis -- Oogenesis -- Fertilization -- Egg and larval development -- Post-reproduction -- Reproductive migrations and reproductive mortality -- Spawning and reproductive patterns -- Reproductive omission: skipped spawning -- Reproductive success -- Factors controlling or influencing reproduction -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- 10. Integration and control: hormones |