The Biology of Lungfishes

Jørden Mørup Jørgensen, Department of Zoophysiology, Biology Institute, University of Aarhus, Denmark Jean Joss, Department of Biology Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Preface, List of Contributors, Introduction, Chapter 1. The Fossil Record of Lungfishes, Chapter 2. Phylogeny of Lungfishes, Chapter 3. The Natural History of the Australian Lungfish, Chapter 4. The General Natural History of the African Lungfishes, Chapter 5. Biology of the South American Lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, Chapter 6. Early Head Development in the Australian Lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, Chapter 7. The Head Muscles of Dipnoans—A Review on the Homologies and Evolution of these Muscles within Vertebrates, Chapter 8. The Dipnoan Dentition: A Unique Adaptation with a Longstanding Evolutionary Record, Chapter 9. The Integument of Lungfish: General Structure and Keratin Composition, Chapter 10. Respiratory Function in Lungfish (Dipnoi) and a Comparison to Land Vertebrates, Chapter 11. Respiratory Adaptations in Lungfish Blood and Hemoglobin, Chapter 12. Lungfish Metabolism, Chapter 13. The Lungfish Digestive System, Chapter 14. The Lungfish Urogenital System, Chapter 15. The Lungfish Endocrine System, Chapter 16. The Central Nervous System of Lungfish, Chapter 17. Vision in Lungfish, Chapter 18. The Lateral Line System in Lungfishes: Mechanoreceptive Neuromasts and Electroreceptive Ampullary Organs, Chapter 19. The Inner Ear of Lungfish, Chapter 20. Hearing in the African Lungfish, Protopterus annectens, Color Plate Section, Index