Keywords:
mitochondrion-rich cell
;
chloride cell
;
euryhalinity
;
stenohalinity
;
diadromous migration
;
Mozambique tilapia
;
killifish
;
chum salmon
;
Japanese eel
;
fugu
;
Japanese dace
;
ion transport
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Introduction ---
2. Mitochondrion-rich (MR) cells ---
2-1. General characteristics of MR cells ---
2-2. Molecular mechanisms of ion-transporting functions of MR cells ---
3. Euryhalinity and stenohalinity of teleosts ---
4. Mozambique tilapia ---
4-1. MR cells in the yolk-sac membrane of tilapia embryos and larvae ---
4-2. FW- and SW-type MR cells in tilapia embryos and larvae ---
4-3. Functions of multicellular complexes of SW-type MR cells ---
4-4. Functional differentiation of MR cells in the yolk-sac membrane ---
4-5. Functional classification of MR cells in the yolk-sac membrane ---
4-6. "Yolk ball" incubation system ---
4-7. Salinity tolerance of adult tilapia ---
4-8. Possible osmoreception by MR cells ---
5. Killifish ---
5-1. Transitional processes of MR-cell distribution during early life stages ---
5-2. Distinct FW- and SW-type MR cells ---
5-3. Functional alteration and replacement of MR cells ---
5-4. Ion-absorbing mechanisms of MR cells ---
6. Chum salmon ---
6.1. Hypoosmoregulatory ability of chum salmon embryo ---
6-2. Seawater adaptability in chum salmon fry ---
6-3. MR-cell turnover in the gills of chum salmon fry ---
6-4. Loss of hypoosmoregulatory ability in mature chum salmon ---
7. Japanese eel ---
7-1. Epidermal MR cells in embryos and larvae ---
7-2. Ontogenic changes in MR cells during leptocephalus and glass eel stages ---
7-3. MR cells in glass eel acclimated to FW ---
7-4. Gill MR cells in eel cultured in FW and those acclimated to SW ---
7-5. MR cells in yellow and silver eel ---
8. Fugu ---
8-1. Low-salinity tolerance of fugu ---
8-2. Gill MR cells in fugu ---
8-3. Functional significance of prolactin in a marine teleost of fugu ---
8-4. Comparison of growth in fugu reared in 25 and 100% SW. ---
9. Japanese dace ---
9-1. Acid tolerance of Osorezan dace ---
9-2. Molecular mechanisms of acid adaptation ---
10. Conclusions and future perspectives
Pages:
Online-Ressource (62 Seiten)
ISBN:
1882322X
URL:
http://www.terrapub.co.jp/onlinemonographs/absm/abstract/01/0101.html
Language:
English
