Comparative Animal Physiology: Environmental and Metabolic Animal Pysiology, Vol. 2

Author: C. Ladd Ladd Prosser
Published: January 1994
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
ISBN: 047185767X
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 592

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This Fourth Edition of the highly praised text provides a comprehensive and in-depth examination of the integrative and systems aspects of comparative animal physiology. It gives particular emphasis to the physiological basis for evolution, phylogeny, speciation, ecology and behavior. Comparative Animal Physiology is internationally regarded as the authoritative source on comparative animal physiology.

Table of Contents:

Partial table of contents:
Water and Ions (L. Kirschner).
Temperature (C. Prosser).
Hydrostatic Pressure and Adaptations to the Deep Sea (G. Somero).
Feeding and Digestion (C. Prosser).
Nutrition (J. Morris).
Excretory Nitrogen Metabolism (J. Campbell).
Design of Energy Metabolism (P. Hochachka).
Respiration and Metabolism (W. Burggren & J. Roberts).
Respiratory Functions of Blood (W. Burggren, et al.).
Circulation of Body Fluids (A. Farrell).
Index.

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