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Respiratory physiology of vertebrates : life with and without oxygen /
"How do vertebrates get the oxygen they need, or even manage without it for shorter or longer periods of time? How do they sense oxygen, how do they take it up from water or air, and how do they transport it to their tissues? Respiratory system adaptations allow numerous vertebrates to thrive i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : why we need oxygen / Göran E. Nilsson
- Sensing oxygen / Mikko Nikinmaa
- Oxygen uptake and transport in water breathers / Steve F. Perry and Kathleen M. Gilmour
- Oxygen uptake and transport in air breathers / Nini Skovgaard, James W. Hicks, and Tobias Wang
- Adaptations to hypoxia in fishes / Göran E. Nilsson and David J. Randall
- Breathing air in water and in air : the air-breathing fishes / Jeffrey B. Graham and Nicholas C. Wegner
- Air breathers under water : diving mammals and birds / Lars P. Folkow and Arnoldus Schytte Blix
- Vertebrate life at high altitude / Frank L. Powell and Susan R. Hopkins
- Surviving without any oxygen / Göran E. Nilsson.