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Extremophile Fishes - Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology of Teleosts in Extreme Environments (Hardcover)
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Extremophile Fishes - Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology of Teleosts in Extreme Environments (Hardcover)
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This book summarizes the key adaptations enabling extremophile
fishes to survive under harsh environmental conditions. It reviews
the most recent research on acidic, Antarctic, cave, desert,
hypersaline, hypoxic, temporary, and fast-flowing habitats, as well
as naturally and anthropogenically toxic waters, while pointing out
generalities that are evident across different study systems.
Knowledge of the different adaptations that allow fish to cope with
stressful environmental conditions furthers our understanding of
basic physiological, ecological, and evolutionary principles. In
several cases, evidence is provided for how the adaptation to
extreme environments promotes the emergence of new species.
Furthermore, a link is made to conservation biology, and how human
activities have exacerbated existing extreme environments and
created new ones. The book concludes with a discussion of major
open questions in our understanding of the ecology and evolution of
life in extreme environments.
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