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Title The biology of lungfishes / editors, Jørden Mørup Jørgensen, Jean Joss
Published Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers, [2011]
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Description xvi, 536 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents The fossil record of lungfishes / Jennifer A. Clack, Esther L. Sharp & John A. Long -- Phylogeny of lungfishes / Zerina Johanson & Per E. Ahlberg -- The natural history of the Australian lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft, 1870) / Peter K. Kind -- The general natural history of the African lungfishes / Chrisestom M. Mlewa, John M. Green & Robert L. Dunbrack -- Biology of the South American lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa / Vera Maria Fonseca de Almeida-Val ... [et al.] -- Early head development in the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri / Rolf Ericsson, Jean Joss & Lennart Olsson -- The head muscles of dipnoans - a review on the homologies and evolution of these muscles within vertebrates / Rui Diogo & Virginia Abdala -- The dipnoan dentition : a unique adaptation with a longstanding evolutionary record / Maya Meredith Smith & Zerina Johanson -- The integument of lungfish : general structure and keratin composition / Lorenzo Alibardi, Jean Joss & Mattia Toni -- Respiratory function in lungfish (Dipnoi) and a comparison to land vertebrates / Mogens L. Glass -- Respiratory adaptations in lungfish blood and hemoglobin / Roy E. Weber & Frank Bo Jensen -- Lungfish metabolism / James S. Ballantyne & Natasha T. Frick -- The lungfish digestive system / Masoud Hassanpour & Jean Joss -- The lungfish urogenital system / Jean Joss -- The lungfish endocrine system / Jean Joss -- The central nervous system of lungfishes / R. Glenn Northcutt -- Vision in lungfish / Justin Marshall ... [et al.] -- The lateral line system in lungfishes : mechanoreceptive neuromasts and electroreceptive ampullary organs / Jørgen Mørup Jørgensen -- The inner ear of lungfishes / Jørgen Mørup Jørgensen & Arthur N. Popper -- Hearing in the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens / Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard ... [et al.]
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Lungfishes.
Author Jørgensen, Jørden Mørup
Joss, Jean.
LC no. 2010013780
ISBN 9781578084319 hardcover