Description
The Histology of Fishes is a multi-authored ebook of 18 chapters comprising the state of the art work of all relevant topics on modern fish histology from 28 authors from ten countries. The topics include: an Introduction to Histological Techniques, Integument, Fish Skeletal Tissues, Muscular System, Structure and Function of Electric Organs, Digestive System, Glands of the Digestive Tract, Swim Bladder, Kidney, Ovaries and Eggs, Egg Envelopes, Testis Structure, Spermatogenesis, and Spermatozoa in Teleost Fishes, Cardiovascular System and Blood, Immune System of Fish, Gills: Respiration and Ionic-Osmoregulation, Sensory Organs, Morphology and Ecomorphology of the Fish Brain, and Endocrine System. Structural and functional aspects are treated and in a comparative way fish diversity at various taxonomic levels is integrated. 457 p.
- Frank Kirschbaum, Editor. Faculty of Life Sciences, Unit of Biology and Ecology of Fishes. Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany).
- Krysztof Formicki, Editor. Department of Hydrobiology, Ichthyology and Biotechnology of Reproduction, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Szczecin (Poland).
- Publication date (digital version): 2019-10 – CRC Press (imprint of Taylor & Francis Group); Copyright © 2020 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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