عنوان

Fishes of the Amazon and their environment :

(Number (ISBN

3642792294

(Number (ISBN

9783642792298

Number

b573930

Title Proper

Fishes of the Amazon and their environment :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

physiological and biochemical aspect

First Statement of Responsibility

A.L. Val, V.M.F. de Almeida-Val.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin ; New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©1995.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xi, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps

Series Title

Zoophysiology, v. 32.

Text of Note

1. Introduction --; 2. Amazonian Waters --; 2.1 Geological Aspects of the Basin --; 2.2 Dimensions of the Region --; 2.3 Climate --; 2.4 The Amazon Basin --; 2.5 Recent Modifications Produced by the Activities of Man --; 3. The Amazon Ichthyofauna --; 3.1 Ichthyofauna Composition --; 3.2 Feeding Behaviour --; 3.3 Migratory Cycles --; 3.4 Breeding Patterns --; 3.5 Communication --; 3.6 Evolutionary and Genetic Features --; 4. Gas Exchange --; 4.1 The Obligatory Air-Breathers --; 4.2 The Facultative Air-Breathers --; 4.3 Water-Breathing --; 4.4 The Blood --; 4.5 Effects of Specific Environmental Conditions on Gas Transfer --; 5. Respiratory Metabolism --; 5.1 Optimizing Aerobic Metabolism --; 5.2 Effects of Hypoxia --; 5.3 Temperature Effects --; 5.4 Metabolic Arrest --; 5.5 Effects of Specific Environmental Conditions --; 6. Conclusion and Perspectives --; 6.1 Perspectives --; References --; Systematic Index.

Text of Note

This book offers a concise view of the interaction of the Amazonian fishes with their environment. The sequence drives the reader from the formation of the Amazon basin and its relationship with fish diversity and variability to the adaptive strategies the fishes have developed to face the environmental heterogeneity of the Amazon. The central part of the book addresses respiratory adjustments to low oxygen content of the Amazonian waters in all major fish groups. The discussion covers the main anatomical, morphological, physiological and biochemical adjustments in water and air breathing fishes.

Parallel Title

Physiological and biochemical aspects

Fishes -- Amazon River Watershed -- Composition.

Fishes -- Ecophysiology -- Amazon River Watershed.

Fishes -- Respiration -- Amazon River Watershed.

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Book number

A.L. Val, V.M.F. de Almeida-Val.

Adalberto Luís Val

V M F de Almeida-Val

Electronic name

[Book]

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