Orange Chromide, Pseudetroplus maculatus (Bloch., 1795): A Potential Euryhaline Fish Model to Evaluate Climate Change Adaptations in Fishes

Fish Stocks Major Adaptations of Fishes

Glossary Biomass Collective weight or mass of all the members of a given population or stock at a given time, or, on the average, over a certain time period. Bioquads Occurrence record of organisms, serving as key units for biodiversity research and consisting of four elements (species names, location, time, and source). Catches The fish (or other aquatic organisms) of a given stock killed duri...

Transformational adaptation when incremental adaptations to climate change are insufficient.

All human-environment systems adapt to climate and its natural variation. Adaptation to human-induced change in climate has largely been envisioned as increments of these adaptations intended to avoid disruptions of systems at their current locations. In some places, for some systems, however, vulnerabilities and risks may be so sizeable that they require transformational rather than incrementa...

Adaptations of forest ecosystems to air pollution and climate change.

Transgenerational acclimation of fishes to climate change and ocean acidification

There is growing concern about the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems, yet the potential for acclimation and adaptation to these threats is poorly understood. Whereas many short-term experiments report negative biological effects of ocean warming and acidification, new studies show that some marine species have the capacity to acclimate to warme...

Metabolic adjustments during semi-aestivation of the marble swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus, Bloch 1795)--a facultative air breathing fish.

Metabolic changes, principally in intermediary metabolism and nitrogen excretion, were investigated in the marble swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus) after 15 and 45 days of artificially induced semi-aestivation. Glucose, glycogen, lactate, pyruvate, free amino acids, triglycerides, ammonia, urea, and urate contents were determined in liver, kidney, white muscle, heart, brain, and plasma. Lactat...