The gas exchangers : structure, function, and evolution of the respiratory processes /
The factors which set the metabolic potentials of animals - the physicochemistry of the respiratory medium utilized, the phylogenetic level of development, the habitat occupied, and the life-style pursued -, have been the most decisive determinants of the constructions of the gas exchangers. After m...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
[1998]
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| Series: | Zoophysiology ;
v. 37. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Perspectives on Life and Respiration: How, When, and Wherefor
- Essence of the Designs of Gas Exchangers: The Imperative Concepts
- Gas Exchange Media, Respiratory States and Environments
- Water Breathing: The Inaugural Respiratory Process
- Bimodal Breathing: Compromise Respiration
- Air Breathing: The Elite Respiration
- Subject Index.