Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Fishes Paperback / softback
by F. Brian (Professor Emeritus, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, UK) Eddy, Richard D. (Professor of Environmental Toxicology, and Director of the Ecotoxicology Research Handy
Part of the Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
Fishes have evolved to colonise almost every type of aquatic habitat and today they are a hugely diverse group of over 25,000 species.
The evolution of this great diversity of species has resulted in a myriad of solutions to the demands posed by the aquatic environment.
Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Fishes presents a current and comprehensive overview of fish physiology to demonstrate how living fishes function in their environment.
As with other books in the Series, the emphasis is on the unique physiological characteristics of the fish, but with applications to questions of broad relevance in physiological ecology.
A preliminary chapter introduces the aquatic environment and gives a general description of fish biology, evolution, and taxonomy.
Subsequent sections discuss the particular problems of living in water, life in extreme environments, techniques for studying fish ecophysiology, and future research directions.
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, Numerous illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/05/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199540952
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, Numerous illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/05/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199540952
