Fish Defenses Vol. 2: Pathogens, Parasites and Predators

ISBN-13: 9781578084074 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 414 str.

Zaccone, Giacomo

Opis

Changes in water quality and temperature have direct and indirect effects on fishes. Defensive responses can occur at many levels, from cellular to behavioral actions. This book offers a general view of the fish defenses with respect to pathogens, parasite

Spis treści

The Biology of Teleost Mucosal Immunity; Host Defense Peptides in Fish: From the Peculiar to the Mainstream; Viral Immune Defenses in Fish; Vaccination Strategies to Prevent Streptococcal Infections in Cultured Fish; Behavioral Defenses against Parasites and Pathogens; Pharmacology of Surfactants in Skin Secretions of Marine Fish; Defense Strategies of Opisthobranch Slugs against Predatory Fish; Behavioural Defenses in Fish; Defense against Pathogens and Predators during the Evolution of Parental Care in Fishes; The Nose Knows: Chemically Mediated Antipredator Defences in Ostariophysans; Alarm Responses as a Defense: Chemical Alarm Cues in Nonostariophysan Fishes

O autorze

Giacomo Zaccone Department of Animal Biology and Marine Ecology Messina University Italy, c. Perrière Laboratoire de Biologie Animale. lnsectes et Toxins Faculte de Pharmacia Chatenay-Malabry Cedex France, A. Mathis Department of Biology Missouri State University Springfield, Missouri USA, B.G. Kapoor Formerly Professor of Zoology The University of Jodhpur Jodhpur, India