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Fish Physiology: Hypoxia
This exciting new volume in the Fish Physiology series provides a critical review and synthesis of the major adaptations responsible for hypoxic survival in fish
Jeffrey G. Richards (Edited by), Anthony P. Farrell (Edited by), Colin J. Brauner (Edited by)
9780123746320, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 9 April 2009
517 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3 cm, 0.88 kg
Periods of environmental hypoxia (Low Oxygen Availability) are extremely common in aquatic systems due to both natural causes such as diurnal oscillations in algal respiration, seasonal flooding, stratification, under ice cover in lakes, and isolation of densely vegetated water bodies, as well as more recent anthropogenic causes (e.g. eutrophication). In view of this, it is perhaps not surprising that among all vertebrates, fish boast the largest number of hypoxia tolerant species; hypoxia has clearly played an important role in shaping the evolution of many unique adaptive strategies. These unique adaptive strategies either allow fish to maintain function at low oxygen levels, thus extending hypoxia tolerance limits, or permit them to defend against the metabolic consequences of oxygen levels that fall below a threshold where metabolic functions cannot be maintained. The aim of this volume is two-fold. First, this book will review and synthesize the adaptive behavioural, morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular strategies used by fish to survive hypoxia exposure and place them within an environmental and ecological context. Second, through the development of a synthesis chapter this book will serve as the cornerstone for directing future research into the effects of hypoxia exposures on fish physiology and biochemistry.
The hypoxic environment
Ecological consequences of hypoxia and behavioural avoidance
Reproductive and developmental impacts of hypoxia
Oxygen limited thermal tolerance
Oxygen sensing and the hypoxic ventilatory response
Oxygen transport
Impacts of hypoxia on the cardiovascular system
Biochemical responses
The crucian carp
Molecular & gene responses
Volume Synthesis
Subject Areas: Pollution control [TQK], The environment [RN], Fishes [ichthyology PSVW1], Insects [entomology PSVT7], Animal physiology [PSVD], Fisheries & related industries [KNAF]
