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Respiration in Phyletically Ancient Fishes

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Book cover Evolutionary Biology of Primitive Fishes

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSA,volume 103))

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Physiologists studying evolutionary trends in fishes are restricted to examination of extant species. This makes the identification of ‘primitive’ vs. ‘derived’ physiological characters extremely difficult, particularly since physiological processes at the organismal level appear so labile in both ontogenetic and phylogenetic contexts. Unlike the extensive morphological knowledge based upon both the fossil record and dissection of extant species, there is but scant physiological information on respiratory processes in phyletically ancient fishes. We thus have interpreted ‘primitive’ rather broadly in order best to convey the tremendous diversity of early evolutionary trends in gas exchange mechanisms exhibited by fishes.

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Burggren, W., Johansen, K., McMahon, B. (1985). Respiration in Phyletically Ancient Fishes. In: Foreman, R.E., Gorbman, A., Dodd, J.M., Olsson, R. (eds) Evolutionary Biology of Primitive Fishes. NATO ASI Series, vol 103. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9453-6_13

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