Fishes of Antarctica: A biological overview

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Comparison of Adaptive Radiations of Antarctic Fish with those of NonAntarctic Fish....Pages 3-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Age, Growth and Maximum Size of Antarctic Notothenioid Fish — Revisited....Pages 29-40
Maternal Output in Polar Fish Reproduction....Pages 41-52
Development, Dispersal and Recruitment: A Paradox for Survival Among Antarctic Fish....Pages 53-62
The Pelagic Fish Community of the Polar Frontal Zone off the Kerguelen Islands....Pages 63-74
Preliminary Investigations on the Evolution of the Tribe Electronini (Myctophiformes, Myctophidae)....Pages 75-85
Diversity of Digenea, Parasites of Fishes in Various Areas of the Antarctic....Pages 87-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Cold Adaptation and Stenothermy in Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes: What Has Been Gained and What Has Been Lost?....Pages 97-109
Do Antarctic Fish Respond to Heat Shock?....Pages 111-118
Aspects of Eco-Physiological Adaptations in Antarctic Fish....Pages 119-128
The Oxidative Metabolism of Antarctic Fish: Some Peculiar Aspects of Cold Adaptation....Pages 129-138
Molecular Adaptation of Microtubules and Microtubule Motors from Antarctic Fish....Pages 139-149
Metallothionein in Antarctic Fish....Pages 151-161
Respiration and Activity of Arctic and Antarctic Fish with Different Modes of Life: A Multivariate Analysis of Experimental Data....Pages 163-174
Antarctic Fish Immunoglobulins: Preliminary Data on Structure and Antibody Specificity....Pages 175-184
Vascular Adaptations for a Low Pressure / High Flow Blood Supply to Locomotory Muscles of Antarctic Icefish....Pages 185-195
Cardiac and Locomotory Muscle Mass in Antarctic Fishes....Pages 197-204
Natriuretic Peptides in Antarctic Teleosts: Cardiac Receptors in Chionodraco hamatus and Trematomus bernacchii ....Pages 205-213
Atrial Natriuretic Peptides in Antarctic Fish....Pages 215-224
Exercise in the Cold: High Energy Turnover in Antarctic Fish....Pages 225-236
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Ion and Metabolite Transport Through the Intestinal Luminal Membranes of the Antarctic Fish Trematomus bernacchii ....Pages 237-246
The Neuroendocrine System in the Intestinal Tract and Pancreas of Antarctic Fish....Pages 247-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Four Years in Notothenioid Systematics: A Molecular Perspective....Pages 259-273
Chromosome Diversification in Antarctic Fish (Notothenioidei)....Pages 275-285
Phylogeny of the Channichthyidae (Notothenioidei, Teleostei) Based on Two Mitochondrial Genes....Pages 287-298
Allozymic Polymorphism and Phylogeny of the Family Channichthyidae....Pages 299-309
Origin and Mechanism of Evolution of Antifreeze Glycoproteins in Polar Fishes....Pages 311-328
Evolution of Sensory Systems: A Comparison of Antarctic and Deep-Sea Ichthyofauna....Pages 329-338
Molecular Adaptations of Antarctic Fish Hemoglobins....Pages 339-353
Evolutionary Studies on Teleost Hemoglobin Sequences....Pages 355-359
Back Matter....Pages 361-363