Physiological Ecology of Tunas

Title Page\r......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
List of Contributors......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 15
Color Plates......Page 16
CHAPTER 1. THE TUNAS......Page 28
I . INTRODUCTION......Page 30
II. ADAPTATIONS AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE MACKERELS AND TUNAS......Page 34
III. THE DISTRIBUTION OF RED AND WHITE SWIMMING MUSCLES, THEIR BIOCHEMISTRY, AND THE BIOCHEMICAL PHYLOGENY OF SELECTED SCOMBRID FISHES......Page 68
CHAPTER 2. THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM......Page 106
I . INTRODUCTION......Page 108
II. RAM GILL VENTILATION IN FISH......Page 110
III. FUNCTIONAL CARDIAC MORPHOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY IN ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA......Page 116
IV. COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL HEAT EXCHANGERS IN THE SKIPJACKS KATSUWONUS AND EUTHYNNUS......Page 140
V. ESTIMATES OF BLOOD VOLUME IN THE ALBACORE TUNA......Page 162
VI. ACTIVITY OF ALBACORE SERUM COMPLEMENT REFLECTS ITS THERMOREGULATORY CAPACITY......Page 168
CHAPTER 3. THE INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND SWIMMING MUSCLE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF TUNAS......Page 178
I. THE TUNA POWER PLANT AND FURNACE......Page 180
II. SKIPJACK TUNA WHITE MUSCLE: A BLUEPRINT FOR THE INTEGRATION OF AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM......Page 202
III. MYOTOMAL MUSCLE FIBER TYPES IN SCOMBER AND KATSUWONUS......Page 210
CHAPTER 4. THERMAL BIOLOGY OF THE TUNAS......Page 234
I. A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF WARM-BODIED TUNA......Page 236
II. THE RELATION BETWEEN HEAT GENERATION, CONSERVATION, AND THE SWIMMING ENERGETICS OF TUNAS......Page 240
III. CORRELATIONS BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT, PHYSIOLOGY, AND ACTIVITY AND THE EFFECTS ON THERMOREGULATION IN SKIPJACK TUNA......Page 260
IV. BODY SURFACE AND GILL HEAT LOSS RATES IN RESTRAINED SKIPJACK TUNA......Page 288
V. TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON SPEEDS OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION AND STASIS METABOLIC RATE......Page 304
CHAPTER 5. HYDRODYNAMICS AND HYDROMECHANICS......Page 312
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 314
II. ESTIMATION OF MINIMUM SUSTAINED SPEED AND ASSOCIATED BODY DRAG OF SCOMBRIDS......Page 320
III. A COMPARATIVE MECHANOPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY OF FISH LOCOMOTION WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR TUNA-LIKE SWIMMING MODE......Page 340
CHAPTER 6. THE ENERGETICS OF TUNAS......Page 366
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 368
II. FAT DEPOSITION AND UTILIZATION IN ALBACORE......Page 370
III. BIOENERGETIC SPECTRA OF SKIPJACK AND YELLOWFIN TUNAS......Page 384
IV. PRELIMINARY MODELS OF ANNUAL LIFE HISTORY CYCLES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA......Page 396
CHAPTER 7. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF TUNA PHYSIOLOGY STUDIES......Page 422
I. BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF TUNAS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON VULNERABILITY TO FISHING GEAR......Page 424
II. PERSPECTIVES: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF TUNA PHYSIOLOGY......Page 478
Reference......Page 486