Fish osmoregulation / editors, Bernardo Baldisserotto, Juan Miguel Mancera Romero, B.G. Kapoor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baldisserotto, Bernardo.

Mancera Romero, Juan Miguel.

Kapoor, B. G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishes--Physiology.

Fishes.

Osmoregulation.

Physical Description:

xii, 527 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fish lives in environments with a wide variety of chemical characteristics (fresh, brackish and seawater, acidic, alkaline, soft and hard waters). From an osmoregulatory point of view, fish have developed several mechanisms to live in these different environments. Fish osmoregulation has always attracted considerable attention and in the last years several studies have increased our knowledge of this physiological process. In this book several specialists have analyzed and reviewed the new data published regarding fish osmoregulation. The chapters present an integrative synthesis of the different aspects of this field focusing on osmoregulation in specific environments or situations, function of osmoregulatory organs, general mechanisms and endocrine control. In addition, interactions of osmoregulatory mechanisms with the immune system, diet and metabolism were also reviewed. New emerging techniques to study osmoregulation has also been analysed.

Contents:

Immune and Osmoregulatory System Interaction

The Involvement of the Thyroid Gland in Teleost Osmoregulation

Diet and Osmoregulation

The Renin-Angiotensin Systems of Fish and their Roles in Osmoregulation

Effect of Water pH and Hardness on Survival and Growth of Freshwater Teleosts

Arginine Vasotocin and Isotocin: Towards their Role in Fish Osmoregulation

Cellular and Molecular Approaches to the Investigation of Piscine Osmoregulation: Current and Future Perspectives

Osmoregulation and Fish Transportation

Special Challenges to Teleost Fish Osmoregulation in Environmentally Extreme or Unstable Habitats

Energy Metabolism and Osmotic Acclimation in Teleost Fish

The Renal Contribution to Salt and Water Balance

Intestinal Transport Processes in Marine Fish Osmoregulation

The Use of Immunochemistry in the Study of Branchial Ion Transport Mechanisms

Rapid Regulation of Ion Transport in Mitochondrion-rich Cells

Control of Calcium Balance in Fish

Role of Prolactin, Growth Hormone, Insulin-like Growth Factor I and Cortisol in Teleost Osmoregulation.

Notes:

"First published 2007 by Science Publishers."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-429-52660-1

0-429-06390-3

1-281-73692-9

9786611736927

1-4398-4311-2

1-57808-555-1

9780429063909

OCLC:

646769390