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Fishes of Antarctica

A biological overview

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Authors:
  1. Guido Prisco

    1. Institute of Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology, CNR, Naples, Italy

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  2. Eva Pisano

    1. Institute of Comparative Anatomy, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

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  3. Andrew Clarke

    1. British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK

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  • Describes the evolutionary adaptation of the Southern Ocean fish fauna to the Antarctic environment, how it was achieved and the mechanisms that have evolved

  • Contains comparison of adaptation mechanisms in Antartic and Arctic fish

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introductory Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Comparison of Adaptive Radiations of Antarctic Fish with those of NonAntarctic Fish

      • Joseph T. Eastman, Andrew Clarke
      Pages 3-26

  4. Physiology and Biochemistry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Cold Adaptation and Stenothermy in Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes: What Has Been Gained and What Has Been Lost?

      • George N. Somero, Peter A. Fields, Gretchen E. Hofmann, Randi B. Weinstein, Helena Kawall
      Pages 97-109

    3. Do Antarctic Fish Respond to Heat Shock?

      • Luisella Carratù, Andrew Y. Gracey, Stefania Buono, Bruno Maresca
      Pages 111-118

    4. Aspects of Eco-Physiological Adaptations in Antarctic Fish

      • Andreas P. A. Wöhrmann
      Pages 119-128

    5. The Oxidative Metabolism of Antarctic Fish: Some Peculiar Aspects of Cold Adaptation

      • Bruno Giardina, Alvaro Mordente, Bruno Zappacosta, Cinzia Callà, Luigi Colacicco, Maria L. Gozzo et al.
      Pages 129-138

    6. Molecular Adaptation of Microtubules and Microtubule Motors from Antarctic Fish

      • H. William Detrich III
      Pages 139-149

    7. Metallothionein in Antarctic Fish

      • Vincenzo Carginale, Antonio Capasso, Clemente Capasso, Peter Kille, Elio Parisi, Gianluca L. Passaretti et al.
      Pages 151-161

    8. Respiration and Activity of Arctic and Antarctic Fish with Different Modes of Life: A Multivariate Analysis of Experimental Data

      • Christopher Zimmermann, Gerd Hubold
      Pages 163-174

    9. Antarctic Fish Immunoglobulins: Preliminary Data on Structure and Antibody Specificity

      • Maria Rosaria Coscia, Umberto Oreste
      Pages 175-184

    10. Vascular Adaptations for a Low Pressure / High Flow Blood Supply to Locomotory Muscles of Antarctic Icefish

      • Stuart Egginton, J. Cliff Rankin
      Pages 185-195
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The Antarctic fish fauna has evolved over a long period of geographic and climatic isolation. In the course of this evolution, Antarctic fish have developed specialized adaptations, some of which characterize these organisms as unique. In strong contrast to the continental shelf faunas elsewhere, the Antarctic shelf ichthyofauna is dominated by a single highly endemic group, the Notothenioidei. This group of perciform fish probably first appeared and diversified in the early Tertiary. The development of the Polar Front (referred to as the Antarctic Convergence in the older literature) resulted in a natural oceanographic barrier to migration in either direction, and thus became a key factor in the evolution of Antarctic fish. The dominance of the Antarctic continental shelf fauna by a single taxonomic group of fish provides a simplified natural laboratory for exploring the wealth of physiological, biochemical and ecological adaptations that characterize the fauna. Understanding of the patterns of adaptation in this highly specialized group of fish can tell us much about of evolution.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology, CNR, Naples, Italy

    Guido Prisco

  • Institute of Comparative Anatomy, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

    Eva Pisano

  • British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK

    Andrew Clarke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fishes of Antarctica

  • Book Subtitle: A biological overview

  • Authors: Guido Prisco, Eva Pisano, Andrew Clarke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2157-0

  • Publisher: Springer Milano

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Italia 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-88-470-0028-5Published: 01 June 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-88-470-2182-2Published: 21 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-2157-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 363

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Oceanography, Animal Biochemistry, Vertebrates

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