04503nam 22005534a 450 991045379200332120200520144314.01-281-73686-497866117368661-57808-560-8(CKB)1000000000555751(EBL)3404260(MiAaPQ)EBC3404260(Au-PeEL)EBL3404260(CaPaEBR)ebr10256212(CaONFJC)MIL173686(OCoLC)503445977(EXLCZ)99100000000055575120080306d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Fish life in special environments[electronic resource] /editors, Philippe Sébert, D.W. Onyango, B.G. KapoorEnfield, NH Science Publishersc20081 online resource (363 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57808-387-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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 Fishâ€?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""FishesEcophysiologyFishesHabitatElectronic books.FishesEcophysiology.FishesHabitat.597/.17Sébert Philippe927584Onyango Daniel W927585Kapoor B. G927586MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453792003321Fish life in special environments2084018UNINA