CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

NORMAN BERTRAM "FREDDY" MARSHALL

1. What Is the Deep Sea?

Martin V. Angel

I. The Nature of Water

II. Ocean Gradients

III. Morphology of Ocean Basins

IV. Biophysics and Oceanic Food Webs

References

2. Systematics of Deep-Sea Fishes

Stanley H. Weitzman

I. Introduction

II. A Classification of Living Fishes Occuring near or below 500 to 600 m. with an Annotated List of Deep-Sea Fish Orders and Families

References

3. Distribution and Population Ecology

Richard L. Haedrich

I. How Many Deep-Sea Species Are There?

II. Pelagic Habitats

III. Demersal Fauna: Shelf, Slope, and Rise

IV. Distribution Patterns

V. Feeding Relationships

VI. Age Determination

VII. Reproductive Strategies

References

4. Feeding at Depth

John V. Gartner, Jr.

Roy E. Crabtree

Kenneth J. Sulak

I. Introduction

II. Feeding Habits of Deep-Sea Fishes

III. Patterns in the Diets of Deep-Sea Fishes

IV. Sources of Food in the Deep Sea

V. Deep-Sea Energetics Related to Feeding

VI. Future Directions in Deep-Sea Fish Research

References

5. Buoyancy at Depth

Bernd Pelster

I. Introduction

II. The Problem of Buoyancy

III. Swim Bladder Function

IV. Lipid Accumulation

V. Watery Tissues

VI. Hydrodynamic Lift

VII. Conclusions

References

6. Biochemistry at Depth

Allen G. Gibbs

I. Introduction

II. Effects of Pressure on Biochemical Systems: Protein Interactions and Enzyme Kinetics

III. Tolerance Adaptations: Maintenance of Biochemical Function in the Deep Sea

IV. Capacity Adaptation: Biochemical Correlates of Organismal Metabolism

V. Future Directions: Phylogenetic and Molecular Approaches

References

7. Pressure Effects on Shallow-Water Fishes

Philippe Sebert

I. Introduction

II. The Fish as a Model

III. Methods

IV. Effects of Short-Term Pressure Exposure

V. Acclimatization of Fish to Hydrostatic Pressure

VI. Comparison of Shallow-Water Fishes and Deep-Water Fishes

VII. Conclusion

References

8. Sensory Physiology

John Montgomery

Ned Pankhurst

I. Introduction

II. Olfaction/Chemoreception

III. Vision

IV. Touch

V. Octavolateralis Systems

VI. General Comments

References

9. Laboratory and in Situ Methods for Studying Deep-Sea Fishes

Kenneth L. Smith, Jr.

Roberta J. Baldwin

I. Introduction

II. Laboratory Studies

III. In Situ Studies

IV. Future Directions

References

INDEX

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