1st Edition

Fish Chemosenses

358 Pages

by CRC Press

356 Pages

by CRC Press

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This book deals with chemosensory systems of fishes and covers the well known olfactory and the gustatory senses as well as the less popular solitary chemosensory cells. Chemosenses play an essential role in the life of a fish. They help fish in their search for food, to consume it and digest it. They also help fish to find their conspecifics and to avoid enemies or predators. Fish live in varied... Read more

Development and Evolution of the Olfactory Organ in Gnathostome Fish
Olfactory Responses to Amino Acids in Rainbow Trout: Revisited
Olfactory Discrimination in Fishes
In-vivo Recordings from Single Olfactory Sensory Neurons in Goldfish (Carassius auratus) during Application of Olfactory Stimuli
Olfactory Cross-adaptation: Not a Peripheral but a General Phenomenon
Review of the Chemical and Physiological Basis of Alarm Reactions in Cyprinids
The System of Solitary Chemosensory Cells
Barbel Taste System in Catfish and Goatfish
Subtypes of Light and Dark Elongated Taste Bud Cells in Fish
Efferent Synapses in Fish Taste Buds
Comparison of Taste Bud Types and Their Distribution on the Lips and Oropharyngeal Cavity, as well as Dentition in Cichild Fish (Cichlidae, Teleostei)
Role of Gustation in Two Populations of Deep-sea Fish: Comparison of Mesopelagic and Demersal Species Based on Volumetric Brain Data
Comparison of Taste Preferences and Behavioral Taste Response in the Nine-spined Stickleback Pungitius pungitius from the Moscow River and White Sea Basins