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Title
Extremophile fishes [electronic resource] : ecology, evolution, and physiology of teleosts in extreme environments / Rüdiger Riesch, Michael Tobler, Martin Plath, editors.
ISBN
9783319133621 electronic book
3319133624 electronic book
9783319133614
Published
Cham [Switzerland] : Springer, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-319-13362-1 doi
Call Number
QL638.P73 E98 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
597.667
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783319133614
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.
