Essential fish biology : diversity, structure and function / Derek Burton, Margaret Burton.

An introductory overview of the functional biology of fish and how that may be affected by the contrasting habitat conditions within the aquatic environment.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Burton, Derek (Author), Burton, Margaret (Biologist) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Fish diversity
  • The integument
  • The skeleton, support and movement
  • Food procurement and processing
  • Transport : blood and circulation
  • Gas exchange
  • Metabolism, homeostasis and growth
  • Excretion
  • Reproduction
  • Integration and control : hormones
  • Integration and control : the nervous system
  • Perception and sensation
  • Special adaptations
  • Fish behaviour
  • Obtaining information
  • Conservation and fish function.