Control Processes in Fish Physiology (Hardcover)

J.C. Rankin

ISBN 10: 0709922469 / ISBN 13: 9780709922469

Verlag: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, Dordrecht, 1983

Beschreibung

Hardcover. A number of major advances in our understanding of how physiological processes, and related behaviour patterns, are controlled and integrated in fish are presented in this book. Such information is not merely of academic interest since it is also fundamental to the scientific basis of fish farming and fisheries. The contributors are acknowledged experts from Europe and North America. The major themes covered are the autonomic and central nervous systems, the control of digestion, respiration and circulation, kidney function, endocrinology, and control of metabolism. Particular attention is given to reproduction in chapters on trout and teleost reproduction. Each key chapter contains much up-to-date material which will interest specialist and general readers alike. A number of major advances in our understanding of how physiological processes, and related behaviour patterns, are controlled and integrated in fish are presented in this book. The contributors are acknowledged experts from Europe and US. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780709922469

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Control Processes in Fish Physiology (Hardcover)
• Verlag: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, Dordrecht
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1983
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0709922469
• ISBN-13: 9780709922469
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

A number of major advances in our understanding of how physiological processes, and related behaviour patterns, are controlled and integrated in fish are presented in this book. Such information is not merely of academic interest since it is also fundamental to the scientific basis of fish farming and fisheries. The contributors are acknowledged experts from Europe and North America. The major themes covered are the autonomic and central nervous systems, the control of digestion, respiration and circulation, kidney function, endocrinology, and control of metabolism. Particular attention is given to reproduction in chapters on trout and teleost reproduction. Each key chapter contains much up-to-date material which will interest specialist and general readers alike.