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Animals and Environmental Fitness: Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of Adaptation and Ecology
Invited Lectures
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Animals and Environmental Fitness: Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of Adaptation and Ecology
Invited Lectures
About this book
Animals and Environmental Fitness, Volume 1: Invited Lectures is a collection of papers that tackles ecological concerns. The materials of the book are organized according the main issue of their contents. The text first tackles the chemical factors of the environment, such as water and oxygen availability, ecomones, and pollutants. The other half of the book encompasses the physical factors of the environment that include light, pressure, and temperature. The text will be of great use to scientists who study the interaction between flora, fauna, and the total environment.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Invited Lectures
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
- MARCEL FLORKIN AND THE SYSTEM OF BIOCHEMISTRY
- PART A: CHEMICAL FACTORS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
- CHAPTER 4. SALT TRANSPORT MECHANISMS IN BRANCHIAL EPITHELIA
- CHAPTER 5. WATER TRANSPORT IN THE VERTEBRATE INTESTINE
- CHAPTER 6. RENAL MECHANISMS FOR OSMOREGULATION IN REPTILES AND BIRDS
- CHAPTER 7. THE PRINCIPLE OF SPATIAL CORRELATION
- CHAPTER 8. MODEL ANALYSIS OF GAS EXCHANGE ORGANS IN VERTEBRATES
- CHAPTER 9. CIRCULATION OF BLOOD IN VERTEBRATE OXYGEN TRANSPORT
- CHAPTER 10. RESPIRATORY PROTEINS: MOLECULAR INTERFACES BETWEEN THE ORGANISM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
- CHAPTER 11. DISTRIBUTION OF RESPIRATORY PIGMENTS AND THE ROLE OF ANAEROBIC METABOLISM IN THE LAMELLIBRANCH MOLLUSCS
- CHAPTER 12. ENERGY METABOLISM IN BIVALVES AND CEPHALOPODS
- CHAPTER 13. ARTHROPODS AND ECOMONES: BETTER FITNESS THROUGH ECOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
- CHAPTER 14. CHEMORECEPTION IN ARTHROPODS:SENSORY PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
- CHAPTER 15. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
- CHEMICAL 16. CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF TERRESTRIALVERTEBRATES
- CHAPTER 17. HEAVY METAL POLLUTANTS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
- CHAPTER 18. CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS IN THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT
- CHAPTER 19. GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
- CHAPTER 20. CHRONOBIOLOGICAL VARIATIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL RESPONSES
- PART B: PHYSICAL FACTORS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
- SUBJECT INDEX
- TAXONOMIC INDEX
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