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Adaptation to environment : essays on the physiology of marine animals /
A series of essays reviewing the special adaptations of marine organisms to the particular environmental conditions encountered in their natural habitat.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Boston :
Butterworths,
1976.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Adaptation to Environment: Essays on the Physiology of Marine Animals; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; 8.6 The eye of fishes; Chapter 1.Adaptations to intertidal life; 1.1 The nature of the intertidal environment; 1.2 Strategies of adaptation for survival in the intertidal zone; 1.3 Strategies in the competition for energy in the intertidal zone; 1.4 Conclusion; Chapter 2.Settlement responses in marine organisms; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Behaviour prior to settlement; 2.3 Settlement behaviour; 2.4 Prevention of settlement; Chapter 3.Biochemical adaptations to temperature
- 3.1 Introduction3.2 The basic effects of temperature on marine organisms; 3.3 Endothermy in the marine environment: physiological and anatomical avenues of escape from thermal stress; 3.4 Ectothermy; 3.5 Concluding comments; Chapter 4.Primitive respiratory adaptations; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Ventilation; 4.3 The gill; 4.4 The circulatory systems; 4.5 The heart; 4.6 The red cell; 4.7 Respiratory pigments; 4.8 Summary; 4.9 Glossary; Chapter 5.Enzyme and metabolic adaptations to low oxygen; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Glycolytically-based strategies of anoxia adaptation
- 5.3 Non-glycolytic mechanisms of anoxia adaptation5.4 Non-glycolytic mechanisms of anaerobiosis in vertebrates; 5.5 Concluding comments and generalisation; Chapter 6.Physiological adaptation to life in estuaries; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Tolerance and mechanisms of regulation in brackish waters; 6.3 Oxygen uptake; 6.4 Reproduction and maintenance of station within estuaries; 6.5 Summary and conclusions; Chapter 7.Rhythmic behaviour and reproduction in marine animals; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Vertical migration rhythms in plankton; 7.3 Behavioural rhythmicity and position maintenance in estuaries
- 7.4 Rhythmic activity in benthic animals7.5 Adaptive significance of behavioural rhythms; 7.6 Rhythmic patterns of reproduction; Chapter 8.Vision in pelagic animals; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Light underwater; 8.3 Vertical zonation; 8.4 Scotopic vision; 8.5 Photopic vision in the epipelagic zone; 8.7 Polarised light; 8.8 Body camouflage-silvery sided fishes; 8.9 Bioluminescence; 8.10 Summary; Chapter 9.Biochemical adaptations to pressure; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The basic effects of hydrostatic pressure on biological systems; 9.3 Pressure stresses and pressure adaptations in biological systems
- 9.4 Concluding commentsAuthor index; Subject index