Book Description

Parte A: Anatomy, gas transfer, and acid-base regulation; General anatomy of the gills; Gill internal morphology; Innervation and pharmacology of the gills; Model analysis of gas transfer in fish gills; Oxygen and carbon dioxide transfer across fish gills; Acid-base regulation in fishes; Physiochemical parameters for use in fish respiratory physiology; Parte B: Ion and water transfer; Water and nonelectrolyte permeation; Branchial ion movements in teleosts: the roles of respiratory and chloride cells; Ion transport and gill ATPases; Transepithelial potentials in fish gills; The chloride cell; the active transport of chloride and the paracellular pathways; Hormonal control of water movement across the gills; Metabolism of the fish gill; The roles of gill permeability and transport mechanisms in euryhalinity; The pseudobranch: morphology and function; Perfusion methods for the study of gill physiology.