Extremophile Fishes Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology of Teleosts in Extreme Environments /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Riesch, Rüdiger (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tobler, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Plath, Martin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Aquatic ecology.; Animal anatomy.; Animal physiology.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Animal Ecology.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.; Animal Physiology.

This book summarizes the key adaptations enabling extremophile fishes to survive under harsh environmental conditions. It reviews the most recent research on acidic, Antarctic, cave, desert, hypersaline, hypoxic, temporary, and fast-flowing habitats, as well as naturally and anthropogenically toxic...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Extremophile fishes: An Introduction
• Low-Oxygen Lifestyles
• The Adaptive Radiation of Notothenioid Fishes in the Waters of Antarctica
• Desert Environments
• Hypersaline Environments
• Life in the Fast Lane: A Review of Rheophily in Freshwater Fishes
• Hydrogen Sulfide-Toxic Habitats
• Cave Environments
• Pickled Fish Anyone?
• Temporary Environments
• Evolutionary Toxicology: Population Adaptation in Response to Anthropogenic Pollution
• Extremophile fishes: an integrative synthesis.