This book is intended as a resource for students and researchers interested in developmental biology and physiology and specifically addresses the larval stages of fish. Fish larvae (and fish embryos) are not small juveniles or adults. Rather they are transitionary organisms that bridge the critical gap between the singlecelled egg and sexually immature juvenile. Fish larvae represent the stage of the life cycle that is used for differentiation, feeding and distribution. The book aims at providing a single-volume treatise that explains how fish larvae develop and differentiate, how they regulate salt, water and acid-base balance, how they transport and exchange gases, acquire and utilise energy, how they sense their environment, and move in their aquatic medium, how they control and defend themselves, and finally how they grow up.
Part 1: Ontogeny: Pattern Formation
Pigmentation
Bioluminescence
Part 2: Respiration & Homeostasis
Gas Exchange
Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
Osmo-and Ionoregulation
Acid-base balance
Part 3: Nutrition and Energy
Digestion
Nitrogen Excretion
Part 4: Sensory Physiology
Mechanoreception
Chemoreception
Photoreception
Electroreception
Magnetoreception
Part 5: Movement
Buoyancy
Swimming and Muscle
Part 6: Control and Defense
Enteric Control
Immunology
Part 7: Functional Changes in Form
Metamorphosis
Smoltification
Biography
Finn, Roderick Nigel ; Kapoor, B.G.