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Air-breathing fishes : evolution, diversity, and adaptation /

Air Breathing Fishes: Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation is unique in its coverage of the evolution of air-breathing, incongruously because it focuses exclusively on fish. This important and fascinating book, containing nine chapters that present the life history, ecology, and physiology of many a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Graham, Jeffrey B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego : Academic Press, �1997.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Air-Breathing Fishes; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Biology of Air-Breathing Fishes; Chapter 2. Diversity and Natural History; Chapter 3. Respiratory Organs; Chapter 4. Circulatory Adaptations; Chapter 5. Aerial and Aquatic Gas Exchange; Chapter 6. Cardiorespiratory Control; Chapter 7. Blood Respiratory Properties; Chapter 8. Metabolic Adaptations; Chapter 9. Synthesis; References; Index.