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Edited By
Robert Shadwick, Canada Research Chair, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C., Canada
George Lauder, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Fish Physiology,
Description
The first in two decades to exclusively integrate physiological and biomechanical studies of fish locomotion, feeding and breathing, making
this book both comprehensive and unique. This book reviews and integrates recent developments in research on fish biomechanics, with
particular emphasis on experimental results derived from the application of innovative new technologies to this area of research, such
as high-speed video, sonomicrometry and digital imaging of flow fields. The collective chapters, written by leaders in the field, provide
a multidisciplinary view and synthesis of the latest information on feeding mechanics, breathing mechanics, sensory systems, stability
and maueverability, skeletal systems, muscle structure and performance, and hydrodynamics of steady and burst swimming, including riverine
passage of migratory species.
Audience
Fish Biologists, Animal Physiologists, Animal Behaviourists, Ecologists, Aquaculture industry, Aquatic Toxicology Researchers, Fisheries Managers
Contents
Chapter 1. Mechanics of Respiratory Pumps
Contributors: Elizabeth L. Brainerd and Lara A. Ferry-Graham
Chapter 2. Skull Biomechanics
and Suction Feeding in Fishes
Contributors: Mark W. Westneat
Chapter 3. Functional Morphology of the Pharyngeal Jaw Apparatus
Contributors:
Peter C. Wainwright
Chapter 4. The Hydrodynamic and Structural Mechanics of the Lateral Line System
Contributors: Sheryl Coombs and
Sietse van Netten
Chapter 5. Skinand Bones, Sinew and Gristle: The Mechanical Behavior of Fish Skeletal Tissues
Contributors: Adam
P. Summers and John H. Long
Chapter 6. Functional Proerties of Skeletal Muscle
Contributors: Douglas A. Syme
Chapter 7. Structure,
Kinematics and Muscle Dynamics in Undulatory Swimming
Contributors: Robert E. Shadwick and Sven Gemballa
Chapter 8. Stability and
Maneuverability
Contributors: Paul W. Webb
Chapter 9. Fast-Start Mechanics
Contributors: James M. Wakeling
Chapter 10. Mechanics
of Pectoral Fin Swimming in Fishes
Contributors: Elliot G. Drucker, Jeffrey A. Walker, Mark W. Westneat
Chapter 11. Hydrodynamics of
undulatory propulsion
Contributors: George V. Lauder and Eric D. Tytell
Chapter 12. Biomechanics and Fisheries Conservation
Contributors:
Theodore Castro-Santos and Alex Haro
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 560 pages, publication date: JAN-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-350447-0
ISBN-10: 0-12-350447-3
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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