Overview
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Toshiaki J. Hara
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Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Freshwater Institute, Canada
Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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- E. Zeiske, B. Theisen, H. Breucker
Pages 13-39
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- Jagmeet S. Kanwal, Thomas E. Finger
Pages 79-102
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- Takayuki Marui, John Caprio
Pages 171-198
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- Masahiko Takeda, Kenji Takii
Pages 271-287
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- Dorthy A. Klaprat, Robert E. Evans, Toshiaki J. Hara
Pages 321-341
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Back Matter
Pages 343-373
About this book
This book describes in general how the chemosensory systems of fish function at various levels. In many ways, fish are typical vertebrates differing only slightly from other vertebrates including humans. In other ways, their aquatic environment imposes strict requirements or offers unique opportunities which have resulted in some unusual functions having no counterpart in higher vertebrates. This new volume is necessitated by advances in many vital areas as the field of chemical senses continues to grow at a rapid pace. Most significant is the application of the contemporary electrophysiological technique of patch-clamping, recognition of a second messenger system in chemosensory transduction processes and the identification of hormonal pheromones in fish reproductive behaviour. The last major synthesis of our knowledge about fish chemoreception, Chemoreception in Fishes, was published ten years ago (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1982). In that volume four aspects of fish chemoreception, Le. morphology of the peripheral chemoreceptors. primary sensory processes, roles in behaviour, and its interactions with environment, were discussed. This book is intended to be helpful to students, scientists and aquacul turists not only as a source book but also as a textbook on chemical senses.
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Some important new information on receptors is presented...This book is a good mix of detailed information on physiology and anatomy linked with information on behaviour, ecology and aquaculture. A wide range of readers from comparative anatomists to fishery managers will find it a useful addition to their libraries - Journal of Fish Biology
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Freshwater Institute, Canada
Toshiaki J. Hara
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Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Toshiaki J. Hara
