Krill: Biology, Ecology and Fisheries (Fish and Aquatic Resources Series 6)
Krill: Biology, Ecology and Fisheries (Fish and Aquatic Resources Series 6)
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磷虾：生物学、生态学和渔业（鱼类和水生资源系列 6）
DOI：
10.1046/j.1467-2979.2002.00064.x
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发表时间：
2002
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
S. Fevolden
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作者：
S. Fevolden
当我被要求评论这本书时，我的第一个想法是：是否有足够的信息来证明一整卷关于鱼类氮排泄的文章是正确的？这个问题的答案是：可能不会。但这本书涵盖的远不止氮排泄本身。换句话说，标题是误导性的，作者和编辑都低估了自己。例如，其中有涵盖蛋白质合成、氨基酸代谢和作为渗透剂的氮化合物的章节，因此这本书更好的标题可能是蛋白质代谢和氮排泄或鱼中的氮代谢、保留和排泄。因此，有很多共同点，无论是在内容和贡献者之间，这卷和氮代谢和排泄编辑的沃尔什和赖特1995年，并出版了CRC出版社约6年前。在此期间，主要文献中出现了该主题各个方面的概述（例如Ballantyne 1997;沃尔什1997; Wilkie 1997; Saha和Ratha 1998; RÖnnestad et al. 1999）。那些已经拥有这本由沃尔什和赖特编辑的书的人，以及那些通过最近的评论文章不断更新自己的人，在购买鱼类生理学系列的最新补充之前，可能要三思而后行。在《氮的排泄》一书的开篇，沃尔什和蒙森就氮代谢和排泄的演变提出了许多问题，并提供了一些发人深省的、有时甚至是推测性的答案。这一章的覆盖面之广意味着它也可以作为后续章节的背景设定者。读者可以通过频繁使用交叉引用得到帮助，交叉引用可以作为对章节的指导，提供有关特定主题的更详细信息。除了涵盖上段所列主题的章节外，还有涉及氨毒性、耐受性和排泄、发育中的鱼胚胎的氮代谢、环境对氮代谢和排泄的影响以及尿素运输机制的章节。选择个别章节进行特别评论或关注是不礼貌的：我只想说，所有章节都包含了丰富的信息，而且有些作者比其他人允许自己有更大的自由进行推测。此外，尽管各章之间有一些重复，但我并不觉得这太过分，章节之间的交叉引用也得到了明智的使用。这本书总体上保持了很高的技术质量，尽管评论副本中的一些页面变色了。字体清晰，大多数数字和表格都复制得很好，它们有足够的标题，书的装订和封面看起来结实耐用。所有的贡献都有很好的参考资料，包括最新的文献。虽然我发现了一些印刷错误和表述上的不一致，但这些都不足以减损这本书作为一个经过充分研究的、对主题的全面回顾的整体印象。换句话说，熟悉鱼类生理学系列的读者不会对本卷感到失望;它代表了对该系列的有益补充。然而，这本书更多的是为系里的图书馆而不是个人书架准备的。在过去十年左右出版的各卷中，该系列的二分法仍在继续。一个分支，其中一个术语鱼生理学似乎已经被赋予了一个非常自由的解释，包括卷（如第16卷，深海鱼类），涵盖各种鱼类“组”（兰德尔和法雷尔1997年）。的
When asked to review this book, one of my first thoughts was: is there sufficient information to justify an entire volume on nitrogen excretion in fish? The answer to this question is: probably not. But this book covers far more than nitrogen excretion per se. In other words, the title is misleading, and the authors and editors have sold themselves short. There are, for example, chapters covering protein synthesis, amino acid metabolism, and nitrogen compounds as osmolytes, so a better title for the book might have been Protein Metabolism and Nitrogen ExcretionorNitrogenMetabolism, RetentionandExcretion in Fish. As such, there is much common ground, both in content and contributors, between this volume and Nitrogen Metabolism and Excretion edited by Walsh and Wright 1995, and published by CRC Press some 6 years ago. In the interim, several overviews of various aspects of the subject have appeared in the primary literature (eg Ballantyne 1997; Walsh 1997; Wilkie 1997; Saha and Ratha 1998; RÖnnestad et al. 1999). Those who already own the book edited by Walsh and Wright, and who have kept themselves up-to-date via the recent review articles, may wish to think twice before purchasing the latest addition to the Fish Physiology series. In the opening chapter of Nitrogen Excretion, Walsh and Mommsen pose a number of questions regarding the evolution of nitrogen metabolism and excretion, and provide some thought-provoking, and sometimes rather speculative, answers. The breadth of coverage in this chapter means that it also doubles as a scene-setter for the subsequent chapters. Readers are assisted by the frequent use of crossreferencing that acts as a guide to chapters giving more detailed information about specific topics. In addition to the chapters covering the topics listed in the preceding paragraph, there are chapters that deal with ammonia toxicity, tolerance and excretion, nitrogen metabolism in developing fish embryos, environmental influences on nitrogen metabolism and excretion, and urea transport mechanisms. It would be churlish to select individual chapters for special comment or attention: suffice it to say that all contain a wealth of information, and that some authors allow themselves more freedom for speculation than do others. Further, although there is some duplication across the chapters, I did not find this excessive, and cross-referencing between chapters has been used wisely.The book generally maintains a high technical quality, although there was discolouring of some of the pages in the review copy. The typeface is clear, most figures and tables have reproduced well and they are adequately captioned, and the binding and cover of the book appear robust and durable. All of the contributions are well referenced and include up-to-date literature. Although I found a few typographical errors and inconsistencies in presentation, these were insufficient to detract from the overall impression of the book as being a well-researched, comprehensive review of the subject matter. In other words, readers who are familiar with the Fish Physiology series will not be disappointed in this volume; it represents a useful addition to the series. The volume is, however, more for the departmental library than the personal bookshelf. The dichotomy in the series, evident in the volumes produced over the last decade or so, continues. One branch, in which the term fish physiology seems to have been given a very liberal interpretation, comprises volumes (eg Vol. 16, Deep-Sea Fishes) covering various fish ‘groups’(Randall and Farrell 1997). The