The distal nephron in the kidney of fishes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hentschel, H. (Hartmut)
Other Authors: Elger, M. (Marlies)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1987]
Series:Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology ; v. 108.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Comparative aspects of the lower vertebrate kidney
  • Lower aquatic craniota
  • Materials and methods
  • Species investigated
  • Vascular perfusion
  • Vascular casts with microfil
  • Light microscopy
  • Electron microscopy
  • Identification and nomenclature of the nephron segments
  • Agnatha
  • Myxinoidea (hagfish)
  • Petromyzontia (lampreys)
  • Lampetra fluviatilis
  • Chondrichthyes
  • Elasmobranchii
  • Scyliorhinus caniculus
  • Potamotrygon spp.
  • Holocephali
  • Osteichthyes
  • Polypteriformes
  • Polypterus senegalus
  • Chondrostei (sturgeons)
  • Acipenser ruthenus
  • Holostei
  • Teleostei
  • Anguillomorpha
  • Esocoida
  • Argentinoida
  • Salmonoida
  • Salmo gairdneri
  • Cyprinoida
  • Siluroida
  • Plotosus lineatus
  • Discussion
  • Cyprinodontiformes
  • Percomorpha
  • Cottidae
  • Gasterosteidae
  • Syngnathidae
  • Heterosomata (flatfish)
  • Batrachoididae, lophiidae, antennariidae
  • Crossopterygii
  • Dipnoi
  • Protopterus dolloi
  • Comparative aspects of the distal nephron
  • Morphological definition of the segments of the distal nephron
  • Differences in the structure of the cells of the distal nephron as related to phyletic groups of the lower vertebrates
  • Comparative functional aspects of the distal nephron
  • Freshwater fishes
  • Marine fishes
  • Migratory fishes
  • Evolutionary considerations
  • Typology of the nephron segmentation in relation to ontogenetic and phylogenetic development
  • Aspects of the evolution of the nephron in the lower vertebrates