Air-breathing fishes : evolution, diversity, and adaptation / Jeffrey B. Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Jeffrey B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air-breathing fishes.

Air-breathing fishes--Respiration.

Physical Description:

xi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, [1997]

Summary:

Air Breathing Fishes: Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation is the first book on air-breathing evolution to focus exclusively on fish. Jeffrey Graham provides a concise overview of air-breathing biology, presenting a synoptic treatment of all the known air-breathing fish species, detailing the life history, ecology, and physiology of nearly 300 species. Each chapter provides an historical background, and documents air-breathing behavior, morphological and physiological adaptations, current status, and anticipates future research. Amply referenced, with more than 1,000 citations and many detailed figures and comprehensive tables, Air breathing Fishes: Evolution, diversity, and Adaptation is a groundbreaking work, one that will influenced this field well into the next century.

Contents:

Ch. 1. The Biology of Air-Breathing Fishes

Ch. 2. Diversity and Natural History

Ch. 3. Respiratory Organs

Ch. 4. Circulatory Adaptations

Ch. 5. Aerial and Aquatic Gas Exchange

Ch. 6. Cardiorespiratory Control

Ch. 7. Blood Respiratory Properties

Ch. 8. Metabolic Adaptations

Ch. 9. Synthesis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-288) and index.

ISBN:

0122948602

9780122948602

OCLC:

35808376

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