The Cardiovascular System: Morphology, Control and Function: Volume 36A (Fish Physiology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128041633 ISBN 13: 9780128041635

Publisher: Academic Press, 2017

Synopsis

The Cardiovascular System: Design, Control and Function, Volume 36A, a two- volume set, not only provides comprehensive coverage of the current knowledge in this very active and growing field of research, but also highlights the diversity in cardiovascular morphology and function and the anatomical and physiological plasticity shown by fish taxa that are faced with various abiotic and biotic challenges. Updated topics in this important work include chapters on Heart Morphology and Anatomy, Cardiomyocyte Morphology and Physiology, Electrical Excitability of the Fish Heart, Cardiac Energy Metabolism, Heart Physiology and Function, Hormonal and Intrinsic Biochemical Control of Cardiac Function, and Vascular Anatomy and Morphology.

In addition, chapters integrate molecular and cellular data with the growing body of knowledge on heart and in vivo cardiovascular function, and as a result, provide insights into some of the most important questions that still need to be answered.

• Presents a comprehensive overview of cardiovascular structure and function in fish
• Covers topics in a way that is ideal for researchers in fish physiology and for audiences within the fields of comparative morphology, histology, aquaculture and ecophysiology
• Provide insights into some of the most important questions that still need to be answered

About this title

Review:

This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in research into the cardiovascular systems of fish

About the Author:

Dr. A. Kurt Gamperl is a comparative physiologist whose main research interest is to understand how environmental and physiological variables interact to affect fish biology. Central to this research are the role that blood oxygen transport, cardiac function, stress and humoral and/or biochemical factors play in mediating fish "performance" under varied environmental conditions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0128041633
• ISBN 13: 9780128041635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 478
• Editor: Gamperl A. Kurt, Gillis Todd E., Farrell Anthony P., Brauner Colin J.