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Turtles : anatomy, ecology, and conservation /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Animal science, issues, and professions series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- TURTLES; ANATOMY, ECOLOGYAND CONSERVATION; ANIMAL SCIENCE, ISSUESAND PROFESSIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACCUMULATION AND TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONOF METALS AND OTHER ELEMENTS IN SEATURTLES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE (CARETTA CARETTA); GREEN SEA TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS); LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA); HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA); KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE (LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII); OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLE (LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA); FLATBACK SEA TURTLE (NATATOR DEPRESSUS); CONCLUSION.
- Anoxic GABA Changes in Freshwater TurtlesGABAergic Systems in Anoxia-sensitive Non-mammalianVertebrates; GABA AND ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING: MODELSOF INDUCIBLE ANOXIA TOLERANCE; PRECONDITIONING IN ANOXIA-TOLERANT SPECIES?; INHIBITORY OR EXCITATORY? CHLORIDE GRADIENTSAND GABAA RECEPTORS; REDUCTION IN GABA-MEDIATED EXCITABILITY IN THEANOXIA TOLERANT POND SNAIL; CL- GRADIENTS AND EXCITOTOXICITY IN ISCHEMICDEVELOPING MAMMALIAN NEURONS; CL- GRADIENTS AND HYPER-EXCITABILITY IN ADULTMAMMALIAN NEURONS POST-ISCHEMIA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.
- AN OVERVIEW OF THE THREATENEDPHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY OF LIVINGTESTUDINES BASED ON A REVIEWOF THE COMPLEX EVOLUTIONARYHISTORY OF TURTLESABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE MYSTERIOUS PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPSOF TURTLES WITHIN AMNIOTA; OLDEST KNOWN TURTLES ANDTHE EVOLUTION OF SHELL; TERRESTRIAL VERSUS AQUATIC ORIGINS OF TURTLES; THE SCARCE JURASSIC FOSSIL RECORD AND THEORIGINS OF CROWN TURTLES; ORIGINS AND DIVERSIFICATION OF PLEURODIRA; ORIGINS AND DIVERSIFICATION OF CRYPTODIRA; AN OVERVIEW OF THE TURTLE THREATENEDPHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES.
- HEMATOLOGY OF THE LOGGERHEADTURTLE, CARETTA CARETTAABSTRACT; MAIN BODY; MORPHOLOGY AND CYTOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICSOF BLOOD CELLS; INCLUSION BODIES OF ERYTHROCYTES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEMOPARASITIZATION IN LOGGERHEAD TURTLES; REFERENCES; RESPONSES OF FRESHWATER TURTLESTO DROUGHT: THE PAST, PRESENTAND IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURECLIMATE CHANGE IN AUSTRALIA*; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE FRESHWATER TURTLES OF CONTEMPORARYAUSTRALIA; NATURAL RESPONSES TO HABITAT DRYING; Aestivation; Movement to other Waterholes; Life History Specializations to Drying; Permanent Water Specialists.