1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453792003321

Titolo

Fish life in special environments [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Philippe Sébert, D.W. Onyango, B.G. Kapoor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Enfield, NH, : Science Publishers, c2008

ISBN

1-281-73686-4

9786611736866

1-57808-560-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SébertPhilippe

OnyangoDaniel W

KapoorB. G

Disciplina

597/.17

Soggetti

Fishes - Ecophysiology

Fishes - Habitat

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""1. Fish Osmoregulation in Special Environments""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""'Environment': What does it Mean?""; ""Normal and/or Special Environments""; ""'Adaptation'""; ""'Osmo-ionoregulation' in Fish�An Outline of Basic Principles""; ""OSMOTICALLY SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS""; ""The Intertidal Environment""; ""The Hyper-saline Waters""; ""DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENT""; ""The Deep-Sea""; ""Life in the Deep-Sea""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""References""; ""2. Alcolapia grahami: A Fish Inhabiting a Highly Alkaline Environment of Lake Magadi, Kenya""

""INTRODUCTION""""Respiration""; ""Osmoregulation""; ""Feeding and Digestion""; ""Breeding""; ""References""; ""3. Cave Fishes: The Consequences of the Life in Darkness""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS""; ""Regressive Traits""; ""Constructive Traits""; ""Constructive and Regressive Traits in One System: The Brain""; ""CHANGES IN THE PHYSIOLOGY OF CAVE FISHES""; ""BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS IN CAVE-DWELLING FISHES""; ""Biological Clock""; ""Reaction to Light""; ""Dorsal Light Reaction""; ""Alarm



Reaction""; ""Social Groups""; ""Food and Feeding Behavior""; ""Reproductive Behavior""

""Agonistic Behavior""""Life History""; ""HOW TO EXPLAIN ALL THESE CHANGES?""; ""References""; ""4. Circadian Rhythms in Hypogean Fish: With Special Reference to the Cave Loach, Nemacheilus evezardi""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CIRCADIAN RHYTHM: CHARACTERISTICS AND PROPERTIES""; ""CIRCADIAN RHYTHM IN CAVE FISH""; ""BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN NEMACHEILUS EVEZARDI""; ""Kotumsar Cave: Location, Structure and Geophysical Parameters""; ""The Hypogean Loach, Nemacheilus evezardi""; ""Circadian Rhythm in Burying Behavior""; ""Circadian Rhythm in Surfacing Behavior""

""Phototactic Behavior and Circadian Rhythm""""Circadian Rhythm in Chromatophore Population""; ""Circadian Rhythm in Tissue Metabolites and Enzymes""; ""Circadian Rhythm in Swimming Activity""; ""Circadian Rhythm in Locomotor Activity in N. evezardi""; ""DOES NEMACHEILUS EVEZARDI POSSESS A FUNCTIONAL CIRCADIAN PACEMAKER?""; ""GENERAL CONCLUSIONS""; ""References""; ""5. Hemoglobinless Antarctic Icefish: Adaptations to Living at Sub-zero Temperatures""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE SOUTHERN OCEAN MARINE ENVIRONMENT""; ""ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS""; ""CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM""

""RESPIRATORY AND OTHER ADAPTATIONS""""References""; ""6. Fish Life in Special Environments: Mitochondrial Function in the Cold""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Evolutionary Adaptation to Cold: Does Mitochondrial Abundance and Oxidative Capacity Indicate Compensation for Cold Temperatures?""; ""Evolutionary Adaptation to Cold: Maintenance of Mitochondrial ADP Affinities without Thermal Compensation of Maximal Capacities""; ""Evolutionary Adaptation to Cold: Changes in Phospholipid Composition""; ""Costs of Enhanced Mitochondrial Activity""

""Permanent vs Temporary Cold: Contrast between the Two Poles""



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910142417803321

Titolo

Tätigkeitsbericht ... der Bundesärztekammer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Köln, : Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag, [1958]-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Medicine - Germany (West)

Medicine - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico