Extremophile Fishes Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology of Teleosts in Extreme Environments

This book summarizes the key adaptations enabling extremophile fishes to survive under harsh environmental conditions. It reviews the most recent research on acidic, Antarctic, cave, desert, hypersaline, hypoxic, temporary, and fast-flowing habitats, as well as naturally and anthropogenically toxic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Riesch, Rüdiger (-), Tobler, Michael, Plath, Martin
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2015.
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Extremophile fishes: An Introduction
  • Low-Oxygen Lifestyles
  • The Adaptive Radiation of Notothenioid Fishes in the Waters of Antarctica
  • Desert Environments
  • Hypersaline Environments
  • Life in the Fast Lane: A Review of Rheophily in Freshwater Fishes
  • Hydrogen Sulfide-Toxic Habitats
  • Cave Environments
  • Pickled Fish Anyone?
  • Temporary Environments
  • Evolutionary Toxicology: Population Adaptation in Response to Anthropogenic Pollution
  • Extremophile fishes: an integrative synthesis.