Advances in Marine Biology

by Southward; Young; Fuiman; Tyler

• ISBN13: 9780120261406
• ISBN10: 0120261405
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-29
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Volume 40 is a standard volume with reviews on three wide-ranging topics: parasites found on the Atlantic cod; the biology of mangrove trees and mangrove swamp ecosystems; and structural, histochemical, and functional aspects of the epidermis (skin/outside layer) of fishes.

Table of Contents

Contributors to Volume 40	v
The Parasite Funa of the Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua L.
W. Hemmingsen
K. MacKenzie
Introduction	2	(1)
Parasites Reported from Cod	3	(8)
Host Range and Specificity	11	(13)
Life Cycles of Cod Parasites	24	(5)
Zoogeography of Cod Parasites	29	(5)
Parasites Population Dynamics	34	(7)
Sexual Differences in Parasitic Infections of Cod	41	(1)
Parasites as Biological Tags in Population Studies of Cod	42	(5)
Parasites of Cod and Marine Pollution	47	(2)
Pathology of Parasites of Cod	49	(9)
Conclusion	58	(26)
Acknowledgements	59	(1)
References	60	(24)
Biology of Mangroves and Mangrove Ecosystems
K. Kathiresan
B. L. Bingham
Introduction	84	(5)
History of Evolution	89	(4)
Biology of Mangroves	93	(20)
Mangrove-associated Flora	113	(16)
Mangrove-associated Fauna	129	(29)
Responses of Mangroves and Mangrove Ecosystems to Environmental Stress	158	(25)
Ecological Roles of Mangrove Ecosystems	183	(6)
Concluding Remarks	189	(66)
Acknowledgements	192	(1)
References	193	(62)
Structural, Histochemical and Functional Aspects of the Epidermis of Fishes
G. Zaccone
B. G. Kapoor
S. Fasulo
L. Ainis
Introduction	255	(1)
Epidermal Cell Types and their Secretions in Teleost Fishes and Cyclostomes	255	(41)
Epidermal paraneurons	296	(26)
Summary	322	(1)
Perspectives	323	(26)
Acknowledgements	326	(1)
References	327	(20)
Appendix	347	(2)
Taxonomic Index	349	(10)
Subject Index	359