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...

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Other Authors: Nilsson, Göran E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"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 in extreme environments where oxygen availability is limited or where there is no oxygen at all." "Written for students and researchers in comparative physiology, this authoritative summary of vertebrate respiratory physiology begins by exploring the fundamentals of oxygen sensing, uptake, and transport in a textbook style. Subsequently, the reader is shown important examples of extreme respiratory performance, such as diving and high-altitude survival in mammals and birds, air breathing in fish, and those few vertebrates that can survive without any oxygen at all for several months, showing how evolution has solved the problem of life without oxygen."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 334 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780511676703
0511676700
0511681194
9780511681196
9780511845178
0511845170

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