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the loss of other biochemical capacities that are unnecessary in the context
of life at extremely stable temperatures.
Acknowledgments
Portions of this work were supported by National Science Foundation grants
IBN92-06660 to GNS and OPP93-17696 to Dr. D. Manahan for support of the
McMurdo Biology Course. We thank Dr. Manahan for his encouragement in
many phases of these studies, and Dr. B. Sidell for his generous provisions of
specimens of Antarctic fishes.
References
1. Clarke A, Johnston IA (1996) Evolution and adaptive radiation of Antarctic
fishes. Trends Ecol Evolll:212-218
2. Eastman J (1993) Antarctic fish biology: evolution in a unique
environment. Academic Press, San Diego
3. Macdonald JA, Montgomery JC, Wells RMG (1988) The physiology of
McMurdo Sound fishes: current New Zealand research. Comp Biochem
PhysioI90B:567-578
4. Somero GN (1991) Biochemical mechanisms of cold adaptation and
stenothermality in Antarctic fish. In: di Prisco G, Maresca B, Tota B (eds)
Biology of Antarctic fish, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp 232-247
5. Somero GN, DeVries AL (1967) Temperature tolerance of some Antarctic
fishes. Science 156:257-258
6. Johnston IA, Gudedey HE, Franklin CE, Crockford T, Kamunde C (1994)
Are mitochondria subject to evolutionary temperature adaptation? J Exp
Bioi 195 :293-306
7. Johnston lA, Ball D (1997) Thermal stress and muscle function in fish. In:
Wood CM, McDonald DG (eds) Global warming: implications for
freshwater and marine fish. Soc Exp BioI Sem Ser 61, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, pp 79-104
8. Clarke A (1991) What is cold adaptation and how should we measure it?
Am Zoo I 31:81-92
9. Scholander PF, Flagg W, Walters V, Irving L (1953) Climatic adaptation in
arctic and tropical poikilotherms. Physiol ZooI26:67-92
10. Wohlschlag DE (1964) Respiratory metabolism and ecological
characteristics of some fishes in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. In: Lee MO
(ed) Biology of the Antarctic seas, vol 1. Am Geophy Union, Washington,
DC, pp 33-6230
11. Holeton GF (1974) Metabolic cold adaptation of polar fish: fact or artefact?
Physiol ZooI47:137-152
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the loss of other biochemical capacities that are unnecessary in the context
of life at extremely stable temperatures.
Acknowledgments
Portions of this work were supported by National Science Foundation grants
IBN92-06660 to GNS and OPP93-17696 to Dr. D. Manahan for support of the
McMurdo Biology Course. We thank Dr. Manahan for his encouragement in
many phases of these studies, and Dr. B. Sidell for his generous provisions of
specimens of Antarctic fishes.
References
1. Clarke A, Johnston IA (1996) Evolution and adaptive radiation of Antarctic
fishes. Trends Ecol Evolll:212-218
2. Eastman J (1993) Antarctic fish biology: evolution in a unique
environment. Academic Press, San Diego
3. Macdonald JA, Montgomery JC, Wells RMG (1988) The physiology of
McMurdo Sound fishes: current New Zealand research. Comp Biochem
PhysioI90B:567-578
4. Somero GN (1991) Biochemical mechanisms of cold adaptation and
stenothermality in Antarctic fish. In: di Prisco G, Maresca B, Tota B (eds)
Biology of Antarctic fish, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp 232-247
5. Somero GN, DeVries AL (1967) Temperature tolerance of some Antarctic
fishes. Science 156:257-258
6. Johnston IA, Gudedey HE, Franklin CE, Crockford T, Kamunde C (1994)
Are mitochondria subject to evolutionary temperature adaptation? J Exp
Bioi 195 :293-306
7. Johnston lA, Ball D (1997) Thermal stress and muscle function in fish. In:
Wood CM, McDonald DG (eds) Global warming: implications for
freshwater and marine fish. Soc Exp BioI Sem Ser 61, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, pp 79-104
8. Clarke A (1991) What is cold adaptation and how should we measure it?
Am Zoo I 31:81-92
9. Scholander PF, Flagg W, Walters V, Irving L (1953) Climatic adaptation in
arctic and tropical poikilotherms. Physiol ZooI26:67-92
10. Wohlschlag DE (1964) Respiratory metabolism and ecological
characteristics of some fishes in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. In: Lee MO
(ed) Biology of the Antarctic seas, vol 1. Am Geophy Union, Washington,
DC, pp 33-6230
11. Holeton GF (1974) Metabolic cold adaptation of polar fish: fact or artefact?
Physiol ZooI47:137-152