The Antarctic Silverfish: a Keystone Species in a Changing Ecosystem

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Vacchi, Marino (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pisano, Eva (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ghigliotti, Laura (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Advances in Polar Ecology, 3
• Θέματα: Environment.; Animal ecology.; Aquatic ecology.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Climate Change.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Animal Ecology.; Environmental Management.

This book encompasses the body of available scientific information on the notothenioid fish Pleuragramma antarctica commonly known as Antarctic silverfish. This plankton-feeder of the intermediate trophic level is the most abundant fish in the coastal regions of high Antarctica, and plays a pivotal...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Section I: Evolution and adaptations. Chapter 1. Evolution reshaped life for the water column: the skeleton of the Antarctic silverfish Pleuragramma antarctica (Boulenger 1902)
• Chapter 2. Coping with ice: Freeze avoidance in the Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarctica) from egg to adult
• Chapter 3. The unique haemoglobin system of migratory Pleuragramma antarctica: correlation of haematological and biochemical adaptations with mode of life
• Chapter 4. Pro-oxidant challenges and antioxidant adaptation of Pleuragramma antarctica in platelet ice
• Section II: Ecology and life history. Chapter 5. Diet and trophic ecology of adult Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarctica)
• Chapter 6. Trophic ecology of early developmental stages of Antarctic silverfish
• Chapter 7. The role of lipids in the life history of the Antarctic silverfish Pleuragramma antarctica
• Chapter 8. Energetics of the Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarctica, from the Western Antarctic Peninsula
• Chapter 9. Reproductive strategies of the Antarctic silverfish: known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns
• Chapter 10. Population structure and life history connectivity of Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarctica) in the Southern Ocean ecosystem
• Section III: Challenges and conservation perspectives. Chapter 11. Acoustic methods of monitoring silverfish distribution and abundance
• Chapter 12. Impact of climate change on the Antarctic silverfish and its consequences for the Antarctic ecosystem
• Chapter 13. Conservation and management of the Antarctic silverfish Pleuragramma antarctica populations and habitats.