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The skin surface ecosystem of teleost fishes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

Ronald J. Roberts  and
Alistair M. Bullock
Ronald J. Roberts
Affiliation:
Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling
Alistair M. Bullock
Affiliation:
Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Argyll
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Synopsis

The skin surface of teleost fish dififers from that of higher vertebrates in that it is a living vital substrate at the margin between the water and the tissues. Its surface is continually sloughing into the water, to be replaced from the mucoid and formed elements of the epidermis. The surface, or cuticle, is altered by cyclical physiological changes in the animal, and also by pathological conditions. These, and the nature of the external medium, affect the range and the ecology of the biota of the surface. The secretions on the skin surface may also have a protective capacity. Fish epidermis is delicate and easily traumatized and there is great mobility of the Malpighian cells which allows rapid sealing of any breaches.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 79 , Issue 1-3: Surface ecosystems and the interactions within them which overcome skin defence mechanisms , 1980 , pp. 87 - 91
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1980

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