Book ID: 61853
Val, A.L. & V.M. de Almeida-Val
Fishes of the Amazon and their environment. Physiological and Biochemical aspects.1995.(Zoophysiology 32).76 figs.XI,224 p.gr8vo.Hard cover.
Offers a concise view of the interaction of the Amazonianfishes with their environment. The sequence drives the reader from theformation of the Amazon basin and its relationship with fishdiversity and variability to the adaptive strategies the fishes have developed to face the environmental heterogeneity of the Amazon. Thecentral part of the book addresses respiratory adjustments to 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 breathingfishes.