Physiology of the Cladocera

2. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-12-805194-8
Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences

Buch, Englisch, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1060 g

Approx.402 pages

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smirnov, Nikolai N

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Krebstiere (Crustacea)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierphysiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. General2. Methods3. Chemical Composition4. Nutrition5. Respiration6. Circulation7. Excretion8. Osmotic Regulation9. Cell and Tissue Metabolism10. Growth and Molting11. Reproduction12. Locomotion13. Nervous System and Sense Organs14. Behavior15. Ecophysiology16. A Cytological Perspective17. The Genomics of Cladoceran Physiology: Daphnia as a Model18. Notes on the Physiology of EmbryogenesisConclusions: Special Traits of Cladoceran Physiology

Über Autor(innen)

Smirnov, Nikolai N
Nikolai N. Smirnov is Principal Scientist at the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in the Laboratory of Aquatic Communities and Invasions. His principal research interests include morphology, systematics, and other aspects of the biology of Cladocera, and he has had experience in this field for more than 40 years. He is the editor of the English-language edition of Journal of Ichthyology and head of the Advisory Committee for Arthropoda Selecta, and has traveled extensively across four continents conducting zoological research.