Global Warming: Implications for Freshwater and Marine Fish: 61 (Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series, Series Number 61)

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 5/15/1997
EAN 9780521495325, ISBN10: 0521495326

Hardcover, 444 pages, 23.6 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm
Language: English

Global warming and climate change are growing environmental concerns which are much in the scientific, governmental and public eye. The potential impact on freshwater and marine fishes is immense, because most fish have no physiological ability to regulate their body temperature. This volume focuses on the effects of temperature at all levels of organization in fish, with particular emphasis on physiological function: cells, epithelia, organ systems, the whole organism, reproduction, behaviour, pollutant interactions, ecology and population dynamics, with each chapter written by experts in the field. Many chapters also speculate on the long-term physiological and ecological implications to fish of a 2-4°C global warming scenario. Researchers and graduate students in the areas of animal physiology and behaviour, environmental toxicology, population ecology and fisheries biology and management will find this volume of particular interest.

Preface
1. Temperature thresholds for protein adaptation
when does temperature start to 'hurt'? G. N. Somero, and G. E. Hofmann
2. Membrane constraints to physiological function at different temperatures
does cholesterol stabilize membranes at elevated temperatures? J. C. Robertson, and J. R. Hazel
3. The effect of temperature on protein metabolism in fish
the possible consequences for wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) stocks in Europe as a result of global warming I. D. McCarthy, and D. F. Houlihan
4. Thermal stress and muscle function in fish I. A. Johnston, and D. Ball
5. Factors which may limit swimming performance at different temperatures E. W. Taylor, S. Egginton, S. E. Taylor and P. J. Butler
6. Effects of temperature on cardiovascular performance A. P. Farrell
7. Temperature effects on the reproductive performance of fish G. Van Der Kraak, and N. W. Pankhurst
8. The effects of temperature on embryonic and larval development P. J. Rombough
9. Temperature and growth
modulation of growth rate via temperature change M. Jobling
10. Effects of climate change on cod (Gadus morhua) stocks K. Brander
11. Temperature effects on osmoregulatory physiology of juvenile anadromous fish S. D. McCormick, J. M. Shrimpton, and J. D. Zydlewski
12. Effects of temperature on xenobiotic metabolism C. J. Kennedy, and P. J. Walsh
13. Interactive effects of temperature and pollutant stress S. D. Reid, D. G. McDonald, and C. M. Wood
14. Behavioural compensation for long-term thermal change L. I. Crawshaw, and C. S. O'Connor
15. Thermal niche of fishes and global warming J. J. Magnuson, and B. T. DeStasio
Index.