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1 online resource (670 p.) |
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Intro -- Conservation Physiology for the Anthropocene -- Issues and Applications -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Using physiology to recover imperiled smelt species -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. San Francisco Estuary: History of human development and restructuring of delta smelt habitat -- 1.2. Delta smelt -- 2. Using physiology to understand the factors affecting the decline of delta smelt -- 2.1. Temperature -- 2.2. Salinity -- 2.3. Turbidity -- 2.4. Anthropogenic contaminants -- 2.5. Synthesis |
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3. Conservation efforts and management actions influenced by physiological studies -- 3.1. Development and optimization of a captive culture for delta smelt -- 3.2. Genetic management -- 3.3. Future directions: Supplementation of wild delta smelt populations -- 3.4. The contribution of physiological data to additional management actions -- 4. Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 2: Conservation aquaculture-A sturgeon story -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The sturgeon story -- 2. Progeny selection -- 2.1. Progeny source -- 2.2. Progeny collection |
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3. Influence of rearing environment on phenotypic development -- 3.1. Environment/phenotype interactions -- 3.2. Typical life-history characteristics of sturgeons -- 3.3. Timing of intervention -- 4. Factors affecting phenotypic development in sturgeon -- 4.1. Temperature -- 4.1.1. Growth and mortality -- 4.1.2. Whole-body and cellular stress response -- 4.1.3. Swimming and metabolism -- 4.1.4. Homeoviscous adaptation -- 4.1.5. Additional traits -- 4.2. Hypoxia -- 4.3. Salinity -- 4.4. Substrate -- 4.5. Maternal investment -- 4.6. Diet -- 4.7. Rearing density |
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5. Stocking techniques and prescriptions -- 6. Measuring success -- 6.1. Marking techniques to assess success -- 6.2. Post release monitoring -- 7. Conclusions-Uncertainties and areas of study critically required -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3: Using ecotoxicology for conservation: From biomarkers to modeling -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Ecotoxicology: The need to combine ecology and basic toxicology -- 1.2. Acclimatization vs adaptation -- 1.3. Adverse outcome pathways -- 2. Molecular initiating events, key events and their use as biomarkers -- 2.1. Stress hormones |
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2.2. Blood and tissue metabolites -- 2.3. Energy metabolism and challenge tests -- 2.4. Oxidative stress -- 2.5. Endocrine disruption -- 2.6. Immune system -- 2.7. Stress proteins, detoxification and metabolic biotransformation -- 2.8. DNA and tissue damage -- 2.9. Neurotoxicity and behavior -- 3. Adverse outcomes at the organismal level -- 3.1. Species sensitivity distribution (SSD) curves -- 3.2. Intraspecific variation in sensitivity -- 3.3. Trait-based approaches -- 4. Adverse outcomes from individual to population levels -- 4.1. Index of biotic integrity |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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4.2. Passive and active biomonitoring of pollutants in the field |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Cooke, Steven J
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Farrell, Anthony P
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Brauner, Colin J
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Eliason, Erika J
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| ISBN |
9780128242698 |
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0128242698 |
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