The need for ion and water homeostasis is common to all life.
For fish, ion and water homeostasis is an especially important
challenge because they live in direct contact with water and
because of the large variation in the salt content of natural
waters (varying by over 5 orders of magnitude). Most fish are
stenohaline and are unable to move between freshwater and seawater.
Remarkably, some fishes are capable of life in both freshwater and
seawater. These euryhaline fishes constitute an estimated 3 to 5%
of all fish species. Euryhaline fishes represent some of the most
iconic and interesting of all fish species, from salmon and
sturgeon that make epic migrations to intertidal mudskippers that
contend with daily salinity changes. With the advent of global
climate change and increasing sea levels, understanding the
environmental physiology of euryhaline species is critical for
environmental management and any mitigative measures. This volume
will provide the first integrative review of euryhalinity in fish.
There is no other book that focuses on fish that have the capacity
to move between freshwater and seawater. The different challenges
of salt and water balance in different habitats have led to
different physiological controls and regulation, which heretofore
has not been reviewed in a single volume.
Collects and synthesizes the literature covering the state of
knowledge of the physiology of euryhaline fish
Provides the foundational information needed for researchers
from a variety of fields, including fish physiology, conservation
and evolutionary biology, genomics, ecology, ecotoxicology, and
comparative physiologyAll authors are the leading researchers and
emerging leaders in their fields
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