1st Edition
Biology of European Sea Bass
General Biology and Ecology. Morphology. phylogeny and systematics. Ecology and distribution. Population genetics of sea basses. The biological clock and dualism. Physiology. Behavior and Pathology. Sensing the environment: role of the pineal organ.. Melatonin rhythms. Neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction. Environmental and endocrine control of reproduction. Sex determination and differentiation. Larval development. Foraging behaviour. Food intake regulation. Nutrition and dietary selection. Pathology. Immune system. Stress responses and HPI axis. Novel tools and methods in sea bass studies: transcriptomics. proteomics and metabolomics.
Biography
F. Javier Sánchez Vázquez, José A. Muñoz-Cueto






