Umfang:
1 online resource (269 pages)
ISBN:
9781611229448
Serie:
Animal Science, Issues and Professions
Inhalt:
Intro -- DOLPHINS: ANATOMY, BEHAVIOR AND THREATS -- DOLPHINS: ANATOMY, BEHAVIOR AND THREATS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 THE INTEGUMENT OF DOLPHINS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT AND SPECIFIC ADAPTATIONS TO THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTEGUMENT -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE EPIDERMIS -- Developmental Course in Two Species - a Detailed Description -- Stenella attenuata -- Delphinus delphis -- Comparative Discussion of Epidermis Development -- DEVELOPMENT OF DERMIS AND HYPODERMIS -- Developmental Course in Two Species - A Detailed Description -- Stenella attenuata -- Delphinus delphis -- Comparative Discussion of Dermis and Hypodermis Development -- STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE ADULT INTEGUMENT -- THE EPIDERMIS -- THE DERMIS -- THE HYPODERMIS -- The Very Specifc Feature of the Hypodermis: The Blubber -- THERMOREGULATORY ASPECTS OF THE SKIN -- WHAT ABOUT SKIN AND BUOYANCY? -- SKIN DISEASES AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 HEAVY METALS IN DOLPHINS FROM NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA AND POTENTIAL SUBTLE TOXIC EFFECTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Heavy Metals -- Marine Mammals as Sentinel Animals and Factors Influencing Variability in Persistence of Contaminants in Cetaceans -- Body composition and nutritive status -- Age, gender and physiological condition -- Diet -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Sampling -- Heavy Metals Analysis -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Potential Subchronic Effects -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 FROM DNA TO RNA TO PROTEINS: MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO DECIPHER DOLPHIN'S GENETIC INFORMATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1) Marine Mammals and the Ocean: Environmental Hazards Posed to Dolphins -- 2) Conventional Methods to Monitor Dolphin's Health.
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Weitere Ausg.:
9781608768493
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781608768493
Sprache:
Englisch
