Essential fish biology : diversity, structure, and function / Derek Burton and Margaret Burton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Derek, author.

Burton, Margaret, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishes--Ecology.

Fishes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2017

Summary:

An introductory overview of the functional biology of fish and how that may be affected by the contrasting habitat conditions within the aquatic environment. It describes the recent advances in comparative animal physiology which have greatly influenced our understanding of fish function as well as generating questions that have yet to be resolved.

Contents:

Plates 1 Fish diversity 2 The integument 3 The skeleton, support and movement 4 Food procurement and processing 5 Transport: blood and circulation 6 Gas exchange 7 Metabolism, homeostasis and growth 8 Excretion 9 Reproduction 10 Integration and control: hormones 11 Integration and control: the nervous system 12 Perception and sensation 13 Special adaptations 14 Fish behaviour 15 Obtaining information 16 Conservation and fish function

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 8, 2017).

ISBN:

0-19-182743-6