Fish SwimmingSpringer Science & Business Media, 1993 M07 31 - 260 pages Among the fishes, a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations to diverse habitats has evolved. As well as living in the conventional habitats of lakes, ponds, rivers, rock pools and the open sea, fish have solved the problems of life in deserts, in the deep sea, in the cold antarctic, and in warm waters of high alkalinity or of low oxygen. Along with these adaptations, we find the most impressive specializations of morphology, physiology and behaviour. For example we can marvel at the high-speed swimming of the marlins, sailfish and warm-blooded tunas, air-breathing in catfish and lung fish, parental care in the mouth-brooding cichlids and viviparity in many sharks and toothcarps. Moreover, fish are of considerable importance to the survival of the human species in the form of nutritious, delicious and diverse food. Rational exploitation and management of our global stocks of fishes must rely upon a detailed and precise insight of their biology. The Chapman & Hall Fish and Fisheries Series aims to present timely volumes reviewing important aspects of fish biology. Most volumes will be of interest to research workers in biology, zoology, ecology and physiology but an additional aim is for the books to be accessible to a wide spectrum of non-specialist readers ranging from undergraduates and postgraduates to those with an intrerest in industrial and commercial aspects of fish and fisheries. |
Contents
muscles | 23 |
body axis and fins | 41 |
shape skin | 71 |
history and methods | 93 |
swimming movements stride by stride | 113 |
work from muscles | 139 |
exchange of forces between fish | 165 |
The costs of swimming | 185 |
Ecological implications | 207 |
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Author index | 243 |
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Page 229 - Brett, JR (1972). The metabolic demand for oxygen in fish, particularly salmonids, and a comparison with other vertebrates.
Page 232 - He, P. and Wardle, CS (1988) Endurance at intermediate swimming speeds of Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus L., herring, Clupea harengus L.. and saithe, Pollachius virens L.
Page 232 - KA (1983). Distribution and relative proportions of red muscle in scombrid fishes: consequences of body size and relationships to locomotion and endothermy.
Page 228 - Impact of diet on metabolism and swimming performance In juvenile lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush.
Page 236 - The influence of hunger and ration level on shoal density, polarization and swimming speed of herring, Clupea harengus L CJRobinson, TJ Pitcher (Sch.
Page 228 - JJ 1985. Influence of temperature and current speed on the swimming capacity of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and cisco (C. artedii).
Page 237 - SHANN (EW), 1914 : On the nature of the lateral muscle in Teleostei.