632 Pages
by
CRC Press
632 Pages
by
CRC Press
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With the decline in world fish stocks, our knowledge of fish reproduction has become fundamental. Reproduction is an essential commitment to future generation. It is also a continuous development process throughout ontogeny, requiring energetic, ecological, physiological, anatomical, biochemical and endrocrinological adaptations. The first chapters highlight important issues affecting fish normal... Read more
Oogenesis: Post-vitellogenic Events Leading to a Fertilizable Oocyte; Physiological Function of Gonadotropins in Fish; Gonadal Steroids: Functions and Patterns of Change; Vitellogenesis; Follicular Steroidogenesis in Fish; Hormonally Derived Sex Pheromones in Fish; Reproductive Physiology in Viviparous Teleosts; Mating Systems in Fishes; Reproductive Strategies of Fish; Energetic Trade-offs in Reproduction: Cost-Benefit Considerations and Plasticity; The Influence of Reproductive Behavior on the Social Organization of Shoaling Fish; Parental Care and Predation Rish in Fish-Defend, Desert or Devour; Involvement of Endocrine and Environmental Factors in Gonudal Sex Differentiation in Gonochoristic Fish; A Review of Shark Reproductive Ecology: Life History and Evolutionary Implications; Fish Estrogenic Pathways: Chemical Disruption and Related Biomarkers; Molecular Markers of Androgen Disruption; Fish Reproduction in Relation to Aquaculture; Cultivation of Coldwater Marine Species
Biography
Rocha, Maria J ; Arukwe, Augustine; Kapoor, B.G.
