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Following the success of the bestselling third edition, this newly updated and completely revised fourth edition of The Physiology of Fishes provides comprehensive coverage of the most important aspects of the form and function of fishes. It covers the most recent advances as well as fundamental subjects such as cardiovascular physiology, intestinal transport, and gill ion uptake. Written by an international group of experts, this book contains fresh approaches, with completely new treatment of the original topics and the addition of new chapters:Muscle plasticityMembranes and Metabolism Oxygen SensingEndocrine DisruptionPain PerceptionCardiac RegenerationNeuronal RegenerationTwo decades after the publication of the first edition, this book remains the only published single-volume work on fish physiology. Each chapter contains an extensive bibliography, providing readers with the best sources from the primary literature. The fourth edition provides an important reference for aquatic biologists, ichthyologists, fisheries scientists, and comparative physiologists.
Contents
Muscle PlasticityGrant B. McClelland and Graham R. ScottCardiovascular SystemA. Kurt Gamperl and Holly A. ShielsMembranes and MetabolismJames S. BallantyneOxygen SensingMichael G. JonzIntestinal TransportMartin GrosellGill Ionic Transport, Acid-Base Regulation, and Nitrogen ExcretionPung-Pung Hwang and Li-Yih LinEndocrine DisruptionHeather J. HamlinThermal StressSuzanne Currie and Patricia M. SchultePhysiology of Social Stress in FishesChristina Sorensen, Ida Beitnes Johansen, and Oyvind OverliPain PerceptionVictoria A. BraithwaiteChemoreceptionWarren W. Green and Barbara S. ZielinskiActive Electroreception Signals, Sensing, and BehaviorJohn E. LewisCardiac RegenerationViravuth P. YinNeuronal RegenerationRuxandra F. Sirbulescu and Gunther K.H. Zupanc
