Fishes of the Amazon and their environment
Subtitle: physiological and biochemical aspect
By: A.L. Val, V.M.F. de Almeida-Val.
Contributors: Almeida-Val, V. M. F. de 1956-
Series: Zoophysiology ;
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Fishes -- Ecophysiology -- Amazon River Watershed.; Fishes -- Amazon River Watershed -- Composition.; Fishes -- Respiration -- Amazon River Watershed.
Other titles: Physiological and biochemical aspects
Description: This book offers a concise view of the interaction of the Amazonian fishes with their environment. The sequence drives the reader from the formation of the Amazon basin and its relationship with fish diversity and variability to the adaptive strategies the fishes have developed to face the environmental heterogeneity of the Amazon. The central part of the book addresses respiratory adjustments to the low oxygen content of the Amazonian waters in all major fish groups.

The discussion covers the main anatomical, morphological, physiological and biochemical adjustments in water and air breathing fishes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-212) and indexes.