dc.contributor.author |
Macdonald, John |
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dc.contributor.author |
Montgomery, John |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Farrell, AP |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Steffensen, JF |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-02-12T22:46:18Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2005 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
In The Physiology of Polar Fishes. Editors: Farrell AP, Steffensen JF. 351-383. Elsevier Academic Press, California 2005 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
0-12-350446-5 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/24493 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Polar fishes feed, grow, and reproduce at low temperature, making them an important model for understanding temperature adaptation. Other fish may survive cold winters, but polar fish conduct their entire life cycle in frigid water. This chapter discusses the physiology or function of the nervous system and the sensory organs of polar fishes. It addresses the issue of temperature adaptation in the nervous system and discusses what is special about the neurophysiology of fish from stenothermal arctic and antarctic environments, what themes are common to both groups, and how the polar species differ from fishes that are more eurythermal yet can acclimatize to severe cold. The extent to which antarctic fish have optimized their critical cellular and neural systems to operate at subzero temperatures is reflected in their extreme stenothermy. This chapter discusses antarctic species rather than arctic species. |
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dc.publisher |
Elsevier Academic Press |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
The Physiology of Polar Fishes |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Fish Physiology |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
The Nervous System. |
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dc.type |
Book Item |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1016/S1546-5098(04)22009-X |
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pubs.begin-page |
351 |
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pubs.volume |
22 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright:
Elsevier Academic Press |
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pubs.end-page |
383 |
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pubs.place-of-publication |
California |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.elements-id |
66373 |
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pubs.org-id |
Science |
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pubs.org-id |
Marine Science |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2010-09-01 |
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