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Extremophile Fishes [Ecolog...
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 waters, while pointing out generalities that are evident across different study systems. Knowledge of the different adaptations that allow fish to cope with stressful environmental conditions furthers our understanding of basic physiological, ecological, and evolutionary principles. In several cases, evidence is provided for how the adaptation to extreme environments promotes the emergence of new species. Furthermore, a link is made to conservation biology, and how human activities have exacerbated existing extreme environments and created new ones. The book concludes with a discussion of major open questions in our understanding of the ecology and evolution of life in extreme environments
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monografia Rebiun17562442 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun17562442 150124s2015 gw | s |||| 0|eng d 9783319133621 978-3-319-13362-1 9783319133614 10.1007/978-3-319-13362-1. doi UCA ZaR2016000479 UPNA0452056 UMA.RE Extremophile Fishes Recurso electrónico] Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology of Teleosts in Extreme Environments edited by Rüdiger Riesch, Michael Tobler, Martin Plath Servicio en línea New York [etc.] Springer New York [etc.] New York [etc.] Springer XII, 326 p. 30 il., 16 il. en color XII, 326 p. 30 il., 16 il. en color 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 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 waters, while pointing out generalities that are evident across different study systems. Knowledge of the different adaptations that allow fish to cope with stressful environmental conditions furthers our understanding of basic physiological, ecological, and evolutionary principles. In several cases, evidence is provided for how the adaptation to extreme environments promotes the emergence of new species. Furthermore, a link is made to conservation biology, and how human activities have exacerbated existing extreme environments and created new ones. The book concludes with a discussion of major open questions in our understanding of the ecology and evolution of life in extreme environments Modo de acceso: Word Wide Web Modo de acceso: World Wide Web Springer (e-Books) Life sciences Animal ecology Aquatic ecology Animal anatomy Animal physiology Life Sciences Freshwater & Marine Ecology Animal Ecology Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology Animal Physiology Riesch, Rüdiger Tobler, Michael Plath, Martin SpringerLink Books (Servicio en línea)