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Respiratory physiology of vertebrates : life with and without oxy gen / [edited by] Gèoran E. Nilsson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 .Description: xvi, 334 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780521878548 (hbk.)
  • 0521878543 (hbk.)
  • 9780521703024 (pbk.)
  • 0521703026 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 596.14  22
Contents:
Introduction : why we need oxygen / Gèoran E. Nilsson -- Sensing oxy gen / 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 / Gèoran E. Nilsson and David J. Randa ll -- Breathing air in water and in air : the air-breathing fishes / Je ffrey B. Graham and Nicholas C. Wegner -- Air breathers under water : d iving mammals and birds / Lars P. Folkow and Arnoldus Schytte Blix -- V ertebrate life at high altitude / Frank L. Powell and Susan R. Hopkins -- Surviving without any oxygen / Gèoran E. Nilsson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : why we need oxygen / Gèoran E. Nilsson -- Sensing oxy gen / 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 / Gèoran E. Nilsson and David J. Randa ll -- Breathing air in water and in air : the air-breathing fishes / Je ffrey B. Graham and Nicholas C. Wegner -- Air breathers under water : d iving mammals and birds / Lars P. Folkow and Arnoldus Schytte Blix -- V ertebrate life at high altitude / Frank L. Powell and Susan R. Hopkins -- Surviving without any oxygen / Gèoran E. Nilsson.

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