Primitive fishes
McKenzie, D.J.; Farrell, A.P.; Brauner, C.J. (Ed.) (2007). Primitive fishes. Fish Physiology Series, 26. Elsevier: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-0-12-373671-0. xiii, 562 pp.
Part of: Hoar, W.S.; Randall, D.J.; Farrell, A.P. (Ed.) Fish Physiology Series. Academic Press: London. , more
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- McKenzie, D.J., editor
- Farrell, A.P., editor
- Brauner, C.J., editor
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- Janvier, P. (2007). Living primitive fishes and fishes from deep time, in: McKenzie, D.J. et al. (Ed.) Primitive fishes. Fish physiology series, 26: pp. 1-51, more
- Farrell, A.P. (2007). Cardiovascular systems in primitive fishes, in: McKenzie, D.J. et al. (Ed.) Primitive fishes. Fish physiology series, 26: pp. 53-120, more
- Collin, S.P. (2007). Nervous and sensory systems, in: McKenzie, D.J. et al. (Ed.) Primitive fishes. Fish physiology series, 26: pp. 121-177, more
- Coolidge, E.; Hedrick, M.S.; Milsom, W.K. (2007). Ventilatory systems, in: McKenzie, D.J. et al. (Ed.) Primitive fishes. Fish physiology series, 26: pp. 181-211, more
- Brauner, C.J.; Berenbrink, M. (2007). Gas transport and exchange, in: McKenzie, D.J. et al. (Ed.) Primitive fishes. Fish physiology series, 26: pp. 213-282, more
- Wright, P.A. (2007). Ionic, osmotic, and nitrogenous waste regulation, in: McKenzie, D.J. et al. (Ed.) Primitive fishes. Fish physiology series, 26: pp. 283-318, more
- McKenzie, D.J.; Hale, M.E.; Domenici, P. (2007). Locomotion in primitive fishes, in: McKenzie, D.J. et al. (Ed.) Primitive fishes. Fish physiology series, 26: pp. 319-380, more
- Youson, J.H. (2007). Peripheral endocrine glands: I. The gastroenteropancreatic endocrine system and the thyroid gland, in: McKenzie, D.J. et al. (Ed.) Primitive fishes. Fish physiology series, 26: pp. 381-455, more
- Youson, J.H. (2007). Peripheral endocrine glands: II. The adrenal glands and the corpuscles of Stannius, in: McKenzie, D.J. et al. (Ed.) Primitive fishes. Fish physiology series, 26: pp. 457-513, more
- Ilves, K.L.; Randall, D.J. (2007). Why have primitive fishes survived?, in: McKenzie, D.J. et al. (Ed.) Primitive fishes. Fish physiology series, 26: pp. 515-536, more
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| Abstract |
Primitive fishes are a relatively untapped resource in the scientific search for insights into the evolution of physiological systems in fishes and higher vertebrates. Volume 26 in the Fish Physiology series presents what is known about the physiology of these fish in comparison with the two fish groups that dominate today, the modern elasmobranchs and the teleosts. Chapters include reviews on what is known about cardiovascular, nervous and ventilatory systems, gas exchange, ion and nitrogenous waste regulation, muscles and locomotion, endocrine systems, and reproduction. Editors provide a thorough understanding of how these systems have evolved through piscine and vertebrate evolutionary history. Primitive Fishes includes ground-breaking information in the field, including highlighs of the most unusual characteristics amongst the various species, which might have allowed these fishes to persist virtually unchanged through evolutionary time. This volume is essential for all comparative physiologists, fish biologists, and paleontologists. |
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