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Physiology of the Cladocera

  • 2nd Edition - June 1, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Nikolai N. Smirnov
  • Language: English

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Description

Approx.402 pages

Key features

  • Summarizes fundamental information obtained in recent years, including on steroids, antioxidants, hormones, nanoparticles, and impact of wastewater of pharmaceutical industries
  • Provides the foundational information needed for scientists and practitioners from a variety of fields, including conservation and evolutionary biology, genomics, ecology, ecotoxicology, comparative physiology, limnology, zoology–carcinology, and water quality assessment
  • Features coverage of both Daphniids and representatives of other families, with attention drawn to little-studied aspects of their physiology, especially of those living in the litt oral zone
  • Includes guidance to the literature on cladoceran physiology in four languages
  • Discusses advantages and shortcomings of Cladocera as experimental animals and indicators of water quality

Readership

Researchers in zoology, comparative physiology, evolutionary biology, ecology, limnology, experimental medicine, and ecotoxiology; applied researchers in these areas as well as environmental monitoring, water quality testing, conservation biology and toxicology; university-level students and instructors in these areas

Table of contents

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 PerspectiveMargaret J. Beaton and Carli M. Peters17. The Genomics of Cladoceran Physiology: Daphnia as a ModelKay Van Damme, Dörthe Becker, Elizabeth Turner, Joseph R. Shaw, John K. Colbourne, Bettina Zeis, Mathilde Cordellier, Ellen Decaestecker and Michael E. Pfrender18. Notes on the Physiology of EmbryogenesisAlexey A. Kotov

Conclusions: Special Traits of Cladoceran Physiology

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 7, 2017
  • Language: English

About the author

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Nikolai N. Smirnov

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.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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