Air-Breathing Fishes (eBook)

Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation

Jeffrey B. Graham (Herausgeber)

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1997 | 1. Auflage
299 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-052549-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Air Breathing Fishes: Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation is unique in its coverage of the evolution of air-breathing, incongruously because it focuses exclusively on fish. This important and fascinating book, containing nine chapters that present the life history, ecology, and physiology of many air-breathing fishes, provides an exceptional overview of air-breathing biology.
Each chapter provides a historical background, details the present status of knowledge in the field, and defines the questions needing attention in future research. Thoroughly referenced, containing more than 1,000 citations, and well documented with figures and tables, Air-Breathing Fishes is comprehensive in its coverage and will certainly have wide appeal. Researchers in vertebrate biology, paleontology, ichthyology, vertebrate evolution, natural history, comparative physiology, anatomy and many other fields will find something new and intriguing in Air-Breathing Fishes.

Key Features
* Offers a complete overview of an important and immensely interesting area of research
* Provides a perspective of air-breathing fish that spans 300 million years of vertebrate evolution
* Contains numerous illustrations as well as comprehensive charts
* Provides a synoptic treatment of all the known air-breathing species with important data on their morphological and physiological adaptations

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Air Breathing Fishes: Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation is unique in its coverage of the evolution of air-breathing, incongruously because it focuses exclusively on fish. This important and fascinating book, containing nine chapters that present the life history, ecology, and physiology of many air-breathing fishes, provides an exceptional overview of air-breathing biology.Each chapter provides a historical background, details the present status of knowledge in the field, and defines the questions needing attention in future research. Thoroughly referenced, containing more than 1,000 citations, and well documented with figures and tables, Air-Breathing Fishes is comprehensive in its coverage and will certainly have wide appeal. Researchers in vertebrate biology, paleontology, ichthyology, vertebrate evolution, natural history, comparative physiology, anatomy and many other fields will find something new and intriguing in Air-Breathing Fishes. - Offers a complete overview of an important and immensely interesting area of research- Provides a perspective of air-breathing fish that spans 300 million years of vertebrate evolution- Contains numerous illustrations as well as comprehensive charts- Provides a synoptic treatment of all the known air-breathing species with important data on their morphological and physiological adaptations

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Air-Breathing Fishes 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
Preface 10
Acknowledgments 12
Chapter 1. The Biology of Air-Breathing Fishes 14
Introduction 14
Environmental Factors Affecting Air-Breathing Fishes 17
What Is an Air-Breathing Fish? 20
The Types of Air-Breathing Fishes 22
Summary and Overview 23
Chapter 2. Diversity and Natural History 26
Introduction 26
The Families of Air-Breathing Fishes 32
Summary and Overview 74
Chapter 3. Respiratory Organs 78
Introduction 78
Historical 78
Anatomy and Morphometrics 79
Types of Air-Breathing Organs 80
Lungs and Respiratory Gas Bladders 81
ABOs of the Higher Teleosts 103
Summary and Overview 143
Chapter 4. Circulatory Adaptations 148
Introduction 148
Defining the Problems 149
Comparative Circulatory Specialization 150
Pulmonary Circulation 150
Summary and Overview 161
Chapter 5. Aerial and Aquatic Gas Exchange 166
Introduction 166
Historical 166
The Air-Breathing Cycle 168
Respiration 172
The Metabolic Scope of Air-Breathing Fishes 185
Respiratory Organ Physiology 186
Carbonic Anhydrase and Air Breathing 191
Summary and Overview 193
Chapter 6. Cardiorespiratory Control 196
Introduction 196
Physical and Chemical Aspects 196
Comparative Aspects of Ventilatory Control: Fishes and Mammals 198
Studies of Bimodal Control 198
Studies of Central and Peripheral Control 200
Studies of ABO Receptors 206
Cardiorespiratory Reflexes 208
Summary and Overview 212
Chapter 7. Blood Respiratory Properties 216
Introduction 216
Hemoglobin Function in Air-Breathing Fishes 218
Other Blood Functions 232
Summary and Overview 234
Chapter 8. Metabolic Adaptations 236
Introduction 236
Oxygen Access and Intermediary Metabolism 236
Nitrogen Metabolism 247
Summary and Overview 253
Chapter 9. Synthesis 256
Introduction 256
The Natural History of Fish Air Breathing 256
Factors Leading to the Evolution of Air Breathing 263
Air-Breathing Specializations 266
Air Breathing and Aquaculture 268
Fish Air Breathing and the Evolution of Tetrapods 269
Summary and Overview 276
References 278
Index 302

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.7.1997
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• ISBN-10: 0-08-052549-0 / 0080525490
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-052549-5 / 9780080525495