Fish Ecophysiology - Rankin, J.C.; Jensen, Frank B.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1993)
1 Bioenergetics: feed intake and energy partitioning -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Basic principles -- 1.3 Factors influencing ingestion (R) -- 1.4 Factors influencing faecal losses (F) -- 1.5 Products of nitrogenous excretion (U) -- 1.6 Factors influencing metabolism (M) -- 1.7 Factors affecting growth and production (P) -- 1.8 Concluding remarks -- References -- 2 Biochemical correlates of growth rate in fish -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Protein synthesis and growth -- 2.3 Perturbations in the general model -- 2.4 Protein synthesis and energy consumption -- 2.5 Free amino acids and protein turnover -- 2.6 Growth and its correlates in the tissues -- 2.7 Biochemical indices of growth rate -- 2.8 Linkage between aerobic enzymes and RNA -- 2.9 Body size effects on protein growth. synthesis and RNA concentrations -- 2.10 Temperature -- 2.11 Estimation of growth rate of fish in the North Sea -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Growth, reproduction and death in lampreys and eels -- 3.1 General introduction -- 3.2 Lampreys -- 3.3 Eels -- 3.4 General discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Salmonid smolting: a pre-adaptation to the oceanic environment -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Changes during parr-smolt transformation -- 4.3 Role of environmental factors -- 4.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5 Role of peptide hormones in fish osmoregulation -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Growth hormone (GH) -- 5.3 Angiotensin II (ANGII) -- 5.4 Arginine vasotocin (A VT) -- 5.5 Urotensins (UI and UII) -- 5.6 Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) -- 5.7 Natriuretic peptides -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 Environmental perturbations of oxygen transport in teleost fishes: causes, consequences and compensations -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Hypoxia -- 6.3 Combined hypoxia-hypercapnia -- 6.4 Temperature -- 6.5 Salinity change -- 6.6 Effects of toxicants -- 6.7 Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 Cardiovascular and ventilatory control during hypoxia -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Chemoreceptors -- 7.3 Mechanoreceptors -- 7.4 Catecholamine release -- 7.5 Methods of studying ventilation in water-breathing animals -- 7.6 Ventilatory responses to hypoxia -- 7.7 Circulatory responses to hypoxia -- 7.8 General conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8 Acid-base regulation in response to changes of the environment:characteristics and capacity -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Environmentally induced changes of the acid-base status -- 8.3 Characteristics of regulatory responses -- 8.4 Capacity of acid-base relevant ion-transfer mechanisms as a function of environmental conditions -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Environmental effects on fish gill structure and function -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Environmental ions -- 9.3 Morphological component to acid-base regulation -- 9.4 Environmental pH and oxygen -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 10 Effects of water pH on gas and ion transfer across fish gills -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Proton excretion -- 10.3 Effect of water pH on proton transport -- 10.4 Interactions between proton, carbon dioxide and ammonia excretion -- 10.5 Sodium uptake -- 10.6 Chloride uptake -- 10.7 Carbon dioxide transfer -- 10.8 Oxygen transfer -- 10.9 Ammonia excretion -- 10.10 Swimming performance -- References -- 11 Endocrine responses to environmental pollutants -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Adrenocortical response -- 11.3 Adrenergic responses -- 11.4 Prolactin -- 11.5 Thyroid response -- 11.6 Future studies -- References -- 12 Branchial mechanisms of acclimation to metals in freshwater fish -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Effects of metals on gill morphology -- 12.3 'Shock' phase -- 12.4 Branchial defences against acute metal toxicity -- 12.5 Recovery and the origin of metal tolerance -- 12.6 Increased tolerance via decreased metal accumulation by the gills -- 12.7 Increased tolerance via increased metal storage and detoxification in gill tissue -- 12.8 Increased tolerance via increased resistance of metal-sensitive processes -- 12.9 Conclusions -- 12.10 Future research directions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 13 Phenotypic plasticity of fish muscle to temperature change -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Muscle function and temperature -- 13.3 Temperature acclimation of swimming performance -- 13.4 Plasticity of muscle phenotypes -- 13.5 Muscle contractile properties -- 13.6 Muscle metabolism -- 13.7 Future prospects -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 14 Recent advances in the ecophysiology of Antarctic notothenioid fishes: metabolic capacity and sensory performance -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Respiration and metabolism -- 14.3 The cardiovascular system -- 14.4 The blood oxygen transport system -- 14.5 Responses to stress -- 14.6 Sensory ecophysiology of notothenioid fishes -- 14.7 Ecophysiology and evolution of notothenioid fishes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 15 Ecophysiology of intertidal fish -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 The intertidal environment -- 15.3 Temperature -- 15.4 Osmoregulation -- 15.5 Respiratory adaptations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Author index.
Keywords: Zoology; Animal systematics; Animal taxonomy; Zoology; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.