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Compiles what little is known about the physiology of fish, their biotic and abiotic environments, and the techniques used to investigate them. Discusses the definition and nature of deep sea, systematics, distribution and population ecology, feeding, buoyancy, biochemistry, pressure effects on shallow-water fish, sensory physiology, and laboratory and in situ methods of studying deep-sea fish. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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The deep ocean is home to some of the most unusual of all fishes. This book is the first Fish Physiology volume devoted to these bizarre undersea creatures. Practically every organ system is affected by the constraints imposed by benthic pressure, the absence of light, and the relatively scarce supply of both food and mates. Deep Sea Fishes demonstrates how these fishes living in extremely harsh conditions metabolize, behave, and evolve.
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