Fish Physiology Vol. 11: The Physiology of Developing Fish, Vivparity & Posthatching Juveniles

by William S. Hoar

FROM THE PREFACE: Dramatic changes occur in the physiology of most animals during their development. Among the vertebrates, birds are entirely oviparous, live for variable periods in a cleidoic egg, and show fundamental alterations in excretion, nutrition, and respiration at the time of hatching. In contrast, the eutherian mammals are all viviparous, depend on the maternal circulation and a specialized placenta to provide food, exchange gases, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123504341
• ISBN13: 9780123504340
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.