A wide range of chemicals have been identified as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)
in vertebrate species. Most studies of EDCs have focused on exposure of both male and …

The occurrence of environmental hypoxia in freshwater and marine aquatic systems has
increased over the last century and is predicted to further increase with climate change. As …

Simple Summary Smoltification is a developmental process that preadapts Atlantic salmon
for a life in seawater. Suboptimal smoltification and poor timing of transfer to seawater is …

Oxygen is essential to fuel aerobic metabolism. Some species evolved mechanisms to
tolerate periods of severe hypoxia and even anoxia in their environment. Among them …

Juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) develop social hierarchies when competing
for resources in a constrained environment. Among the physiological consequences of …

This chapter consolidates mechanisms of glucose intolerance in carnivorous fishes and
presents mechanistic studies of impairments. Hyperglycemic fishes suffer from diabetic …

This chapter focuses on the ability of aquatic invertebrates and fishes to handle increased
dietary glucose or starch. Sea urchins appear to have a regulated intake target for dietary …

MicroRNAs a category of noncoding RNA dysregulations are involved in numerous
pathological conditions including cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, immunological …

Animals are highly diverse in their physiology and phenotype, and each species exhibits
unique biology designed to cope with environmental stressors and to maintain homeostasis …