The Histology of Fishes

Frank Kirschbaum is a retired Professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cologne in 1972. As postdoc he worked in Gif sur Yvette (France) performing studies on the reproduction and ontogeny of weakly electric fishes. Back in Cologne he did his Habilitation in 1984. The next steps were the Free University and then the Humboldt University in Berlin where he became Head of the Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes and at the same time he led the Department Biology and Ecology of Fishes at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries. Teaching activities comprised fish biology, tropical fish communities, fish systematics, and histology. Krzysztof Formicki received his MSc (1981) and PhD (1984) at the University of Agriculture, Szczecin, Poland. Subsequently he has been engaged as a lecturer and researcher. He received his Habilitation in 1991. He has been a Professor since 1993 and Head of the Department at West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland since 2000. He was also a Dean and Vice-Rector of the University. He has had research stays in USA (University of California) and Japan.

Introduction to Histological Techniques
Anna Pecio and Rafal P. Piprek



Integument
Frank Kirschbaum and Shaun P. Collin



Fish Skeletal Tissues
François J. Meunier



Muscular System
Wincenty Kilarski



Structure and Function of Electric Organs
Frank Kirschbaum



Digestive SystemOstaszewska Teresa and Kamaszewski Maciej



Glands of the Digestive TractBogdana Wilczyńska and Katarzyna Wołczuk



Swim Bladder
Ostaszewska Teresa and Kamaszewski Maciej



Kidney
Frank Kirschbaum

Ovaries and Eggs
Mari Carmen Uribe, Harry J. Grier and Arlette Amalia Hernández Franyutti



Egg EnvelopesKrzysztof Formicki and Agata Korzelecka-Orkisz



Testis Structure, Spermatogenesis, and Spermatozoa in Teleost Fishes
Anna Pecio



Cardiovascular System and BloodJosé M. Icardo



Immune System of FishTeresa Wlasow and Małgorzata Jankun



Gills: Respiration and Ionic-Osmoregulation
Marisa Narciso Fernandes



Sensory OrgansJacqueline F. Webb, Shaun P. Collin, Michał Kuciel, Tanja Schulz-Mirbach, Krystyna Żuwała, Jean-Pierre Denizot and Frank Kirschbaum



Morphology and Ecomorphology of the Fish Brain: The Rhombencephalon of Actinopterygians
Anastasia S. Kharlamova and Sergei V. Saveliev



Endocrine SystemWerner Kloas and Frank Kirschbaum