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maximum food intake was at 35°C. It therefore appears that the system
is attuned to a cyclical daily pattern of temperature, combining maximum
intake at high temperature with greater conversion efficiencies at lower
thermal levels.
It is pertinent to recall that cyclic rather than constant conditions also
appear to enhance tolerances to various environmental extremes, through
acclimation. This seems an appropriate theme on which to end a discussion of fishes in deserts.
V. Addendum
Since completion of this chapter there has been considerable new information published that should be examined by the serious student. For example, the six-volume series on "Fish Physiology," only partially published
during the writing phase of this effort, has now been completed. In addition, some excellent reference books, as well as much recent information
pertinent to desert fishes, have been published in such places as Copeia,
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Evolution, Scientific
American, Southwestern Naturalist, California Fish and Game, Occasional
Papers San Diego Natural History Society, Australian Journal of Marine
and Freshwater Research, and Journal Arizona Academy of Science.
REFERENCES
Afanasev, S. F. (1944). Some facts on Gambusia viability and other phenomena
observed during its dissemination in the reservoirs of the Checkeno-Ingushetian
Republic. Med. Parazitol. Parazit. Bolez. 13, 71-73.
Agnihotri, S. K., and Tewari, D. N. (1968). TDS and specific gravity in ground
waters. /. Amer. Water Works Ass. 60, 733-737.
Alimen, H. (1965). The Quaternary era in the northwest Sahara. Geol. Soc. Amer.,
Spec. Pap. 84, 273-289.
Allee, A. E., Emerson, E., Park, O., Park, T., and Schmidt, K. (1949). "Principles
of Animal Ecology." Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Allison, L. N. (1960). "Sunburning" fingerling lake trout with ultraviolet light
and the effect of a niacin-fortified diet. Prog. Fish Cult. 22, 114-116.
Allison, L. N. (1962). Cataract among hatchery-reared lake trout. Prog. Fish Cult.
24, 155.
Andrewartha, H. G., and Birch, L. C. (1954). "The Distribution and Abundance
of Animals." Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
Arago, D. F. J. (1838). Instructions concernant la météorologie et la physique
du globe. C.R. Acad. Sei. 7, 206-224.
Arnold, E. T. (1970). Behavioral ecology of pupfishes (genus Cyprinodon)
from
the Cuatro Ciénegas basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona
State University, Tempe.
Bailey, R. M. (1955). Differential mortality from high temperature in a mixed
population of fishes in southern Michigan. Ecology 36, 226-228.
JAMES E. DEACON AND W. L. MINCKLEY
maximum food intake was at 35°C. It therefore appears that the system
is attuned to a cyclical daily pattern of temperature, combining maximum
intake at high temperature with greater conversion efficiencies at lower
thermal levels.
It is pertinent to recall that cyclic rather than constant conditions also
appear to enhance tolerances to various environmental extremes, through
acclimation. This seems an appropriate theme on which to end a discussion of fishes in deserts.
V. Addendum
Since completion of this chapter there has been considerable new information published that should be examined by the serious student. For example, the six-volume series on "Fish Physiology," only partially published
during the writing phase of this effort, has now been completed. In addition, some excellent reference books, as well as much recent information
pertinent to desert fishes, have been published in such places as Copeia,
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Evolution, Scientific
American, Southwestern Naturalist, California Fish and Game, Occasional
Papers San Diego Natural History Society, Australian Journal of Marine
and Freshwater Research, and Journal Arizona Academy of Science.
REFERENCES
Afanasev, S. F. (1944). Some facts on Gambusia viability and other phenomena
observed during its dissemination in the reservoirs of the Checkeno-Ingushetian
Republic. Med. Parazitol. Parazit. Bolez. 13, 71-73.
Agnihotri, S. K., and Tewari, D. N. (1968). TDS and specific gravity in ground
waters. /. Amer. Water Works Ass. 60, 733-737.
Alimen, H. (1965). The Quaternary era in the northwest Sahara. Geol. Soc. Amer.,
Spec. Pap. 84, 273-289.
Allee, A. E., Emerson, E., Park, O., Park, T., and Schmidt, K. (1949). "Principles
of Animal Ecology." Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Allison, L. N. (1960). "Sunburning" fingerling lake trout with ultraviolet light
and the effect of a niacin-fortified diet. Prog. Fish Cult. 22, 114-116.
Allison, L. N. (1962). Cataract among hatchery-reared lake trout. Prog. Fish Cult.
24, 155.
Andrewartha, H. G., and Birch, L. C. (1954). "The Distribution and Abundance
of Animals." Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
Arago, D. F. J. (1838). Instructions concernant la météorologie et la physique
du globe. C.R. Acad. Sei. 7, 206-224.
Arnold, E. T. (1970). Behavioral ecology of pupfishes (genus Cyprinodon)
from
the Cuatro Ciénegas basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona
State University, Tempe.
Bailey, R. M. (1955). Differential mortality from high temperature in a mixed
population of fishes in southern Michigan. Ecology 36, 226-228.