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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maina, J. N.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1998]
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.