FISH ECOLOGY -- FISH ECOLOGY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- METABOLIC RATE OF MARINE FISH IN EARLY LIFE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR ECOLOGICAL STATUS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Animals -- Experimental Set-up of Fish Development Studies -- Lipid Composition Determination -- Metabolic Rate Determinations -- Experimental Set-up of Toxicological Studies -- Effect of PCB on Fish Eggs and Larvae -- Effect of Pesticide Cuprocsat on Fish Larvae -- Effect of Pesticide Cyfose on Fish Larvae -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- Lipid Composition Changes -- Metabolic Rate -- Effects of PCB on the Metabolic Rate of Developing Fish Embryos and Larvae -- Effects of Pesticides on the Metabolic Rate of Fish Larvae -- Effects of Environmental Pollution on the Metabolic Rate of Fish Larvae -- DISCUSSION -- Description of Examined Fish Species Embryogenesis -- Lipid Composition during Fish Embryogenesis -- Metabolic Rate Trends -- Chemical Stress and Metabolic Rate in Fish Embryo and Larvae -- CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE IN MARINE FISH AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR ECOLOGICAL STATUS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 2.1. Animals -- 2.2. Sample Preparation -- 2.3. Enzymatic Activities Assays -- 2.4. Low Molecular Weight Antioxidants Determinations -- Glutathione -- Serum SH-groups Serum SH-groups -- Vitamin A and Carotenoids -- Vitamin E -- Vitamin K -- Antioxidant Activity Assay -- 2.5. Statistical Analysis -- 3. RESULTS -- 3.1. Blood Antioxidant System -- 3.2. Muscle Antioxidant System -- 3.3. Hepatic Antioxidant System -- 3.4. Gonads Antioxidant System -- 4. DISCUSSION -- 4.1. Tissue Localization Specificity -- 4.2. Antioxidant Status and Fish Phylogenetic Position -- 4.3. Antioxidant Enzyme Activities and Fish Ecological Status -- CONCLUSION.

REFERENCES -- DOES HABITAT AFFECT THE GENOMIC GC CONTENT? A LESSON FROM TELEOSTEAN FISH: A MINI REVIEW -- ABSTRACT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF THE CPG DOUBLET -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Genome Sequences -- Orthologs -- Base Composition -- Metabolic Rate and Genomic GC in Teleosts -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- GENETIC STRUCTURE OF MASU SALMON, ONCORHYNCHUS MASOU -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHARACTERISTICS OF MASU SALMON -- GENETIC STRUCTURE AT BOTH REGIONAL AND MICROGEOGRAPHIC SCALES -- FACTORS INFLUENCING GENETIC STRUCTURING -- Precise Homing of Masu Salmon -- Refugia and Postglacial Colonization -- Minimal Influence of Anthropogenic Effect(s) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- FACULTATIVE CATADROMY IN THE FRESHWATER EEL GENUS ANGUILLA BETWEEN FRESH WATER AND SEA WATER HABITATS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- Migratory History -- Index of Habitat Use -- DISCUSSION -- Diverse Migration between Fresh Water and Sea Water habitats -- Cause of Occurrence of Migratory Plasticity -- Relative Contribution of Migratory Type on the Next Generation -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- IMPACTS OF ANTHROPIC FACTORS ON NATIVE FRESHWATER FISH IN BRAZILIAN SEMIARID REGION -- ABSTRACT -- Chapter Highlights -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA AND SAMPLING -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- IMPACTS CAUSED BY CONSTRUCTION OF RESERVOIRS ON SMALL RIVERS -- IMPACTS CAUSED BY DEFORESTATION -- IMPACTS CAUSED BY FISH CULTURE ACTIVITIES -- IMPACTS CAUSED BY INTRODUCTION OF NATIVE AND EXOTIC FISH -- IMPACTS CAUSED BY SHIFTS IN RAINFALL -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- FISH ECOLOGY, CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, AND NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE IN THE BEAGLE CHANNEL (TIERRA DEL FUEGO, ARGENTINA) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STUDY AREA -- MODERN RECORDS OF FISH FAUNA.

ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL SAMPLES AND METHODS -- ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- ECOLOGY OF EARLY LIFE-HISTORY STAGES OF ANADROMOUS SHADS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SPAWNING MIGRATION AND HABITAT REQUIREMENTS FOR EGGS -- LARVAL SHAD -- JUVENILE ALOSINES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS MODULATE SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN SURVIVAL OF STRESSED FISH TO POLLUTED ENVIRONMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- POLLUTION IMPACT ON FISH -- HSPS-SAVIOUR OF CELLS -- STRESS-ACTIVATED SIGNALING PATHWAYS -- MAPK Pathways -- ERK Pathway -- JNK Pathway -- p38 Pathway -- JAK-STAT Signaling Pathways -- Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt Signaling Pathway -- Nuclear Factor Kappa B (NF-κB) Signaling Pathway -- HSPS IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION -- HSPS INHIBIT APOPTOTIC SIGNALING PATHWAYS -- ACTIVATION OF PROSURVIVAL PATHWAYS BY HSPS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.