Physiological Strategies for Gas Exchange and Metabolism

by A. J. Woakes, M. K. Grieshaber, C. R. Bridges

Overview

This book reviews the various metabolic and functional mechanisms that animals possess in order to successfully live in their own particular, often unique, environments. The book's purpose is to demonstrate both the diversity of responses that are shown (be they biochemical, physiological, or behavioral) and to demonstrate the underlying principles of gas exchange and transport for a wide range of diverse organisms. What results is a useful review and analysis of our modern understanding of the respiratory physiology of helminths (parasitic worms), crustacea, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The approach taken by the editors is essentially comparative and the individual authors were chosen so as to provide a useful, complementary view of the subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521366021
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/28/1991
Series:	Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series , #41
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

List of contributors; Preface; Does comparative respiratory physiology have a role in evolutionary biology (and vice versa)? W. W. Burggren; Energy metabolism in helminths P. Kohler; The role of carbonic anhydrase within the tissues, with special reference to striated muscle G. Gros; Multiple strategies in oxygen and carbon dioxide transport by haemoglobin F. B. Jensen; Respiratory gas exchange and the regulation of acid-base status in decapodan crustaceans E. W. Taylor, N. M. Whiteley and M. G. Wheatly; Respiration and thermoregulation of amphibians and reptiles S. C. Wood and M. L. Glass; Ventilation, gas exchange and oxygen delivery in flying and flightless birds J. H. Brackenbury; Animal energetics at very low oxygen: information from calorimetry and respirometry E. Gnaiger; pH changes in fish during environmental anoxia and recovery: the advantages of the ethanol pathway G. Van Den Thillart and A. Van Waarde; Respiratory and metabolic adaptations of aquatic annelids to low environmental oxygen tensions A. Toulmond; Respiratory adaptations of aquatic decapod crustaceans and fish to a burrowing mode of life A. C. Taylor and R. J. A. Atkinson; Respiratory adaptations to limited oxygen supply during diving in birds and mammals P. J. Butler; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...is refreshing and, for those not in the field, describes what can only be called incredible adaptation to energetic demands; incredible in diversity, complexity, specificity, capacity, and beauty. Readers at all levels should find something to enjoy and will find this book an excellent starting place for forays into the comparative biology of gas transport and metabolic regulation." Bookshelf

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