Respiratory physiology of vertebrates : life with and without oxygen / [edited by] Göran E. Nilsson.
| Call Number | 596.14 |
| Title | Respiratory physiology of vertebrates : life with and without oxygen / [edited by] Göran E. Nilsson. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xvi, 334 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | Introduction : why we need oxygen / Göran E. Nilsson -- Sensing oxygen / Mikko Nikinmaa -- Oxygen uptake and transport in water breathers / Steve F. Perry and Kathleen M. Gilmour -- Oxygen uptake and transport in air breathers / Nini Skovgaard, James W. Hicks, and Tobias Wang -- Adaptations to hypoxia in fishes / Göran E. Nilsson and David J. Randall -- Breathing air in water and in air : the air-breathing fishes / Jeffrey B. Graham and Nicholas C. Wegner -- Air breathers under water : diving mammals and birds / Lars P. Folkow and Arnoldus Schytte Blix -- Vertebrate life at high altitude / Frank L. Powell and Susan R. Hopkins -- Surviving without any oxygen / Göran E. Nilsson. |
| Summary | How do vertebrates get the oxygen they need, or even manage without it for shorter or longer periods of time? How do they sense oxygen, how do they take it up from water or air, and how do they transport it to their tissues? Respiratory system adaptations allow numerous vertebrates to thrive in extreme environments where oxygen availability is limited or where there is no oxygen at all. Written for students and researchers in comparative physiology, this authoritative summary of vertebrate respiratory physiology begins by exploring the fundamentals of oxygen sensing, uptake and transport in a textbook style. Subsequently, the reader is shown important examples of extreme respiratory performance, like diving and high altitude survival in mammals and birds, air breathing in fish, and those few vertebrates that can survive without any oxygen at all for several months, showing how evolution has solved the problem of life without oxygen. |
| Added Author | Nilsson, Göran E., editor. |
| Subject | Vertebrates Respiration. Vertebrates Respiratory organs. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | How do vertebrates get the oxygen they need, or even manage without it for shorter or longer periods of time? How do they sense oxygen, how do they take it up from water or air, and how do they transport it to their tissues? Respiratory system adaptations allow numerous vertebrates to thrive in extreme environments where oxygen availability is limited or where there is no oxygen at all. Written for students and researchers in comparative physiology, this authoritative summary of vertebrate respiratory physiology begins by exploring the fundamentals of oxygen sensing, uptake and transport in a textbook style. Subsequently, the reader is shown important examples of extreme respiratory performance, like diving and high altitude survival in mammals and birds, air breathing in fish, and those few vertebrates that can survive without any oxygen at all for several months, showing how evolution has solved the problem of life without oxygen. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | Introduction : why we need oxygen / Göran E. Nilsson -- Sensing oxygen / Mikko Nikinmaa -- Oxygen uptake and transport in water breathers / Steve F. Perry and Kathleen M. Gilmour -- Oxygen uptake and transport in air breathers / Nini Skovgaard, James W. Hicks, and Tobias Wang -- Adaptations to hypoxia in fishes / Göran E. Nilsson and David J. Randall -- Breathing air in water and in air : the air-breathing fishes / Jeffrey B. Graham and Nicholas C. Wegner -- Air breathers under water : diving mammals and birds / Lars P. Folkow and Arnoldus Schytte Blix -- Vertebrate life at high altitude / Frank L. Powell and Susan R. Hopkins -- Surviving without any oxygen / Göran E. Nilsson. |
| Subject | Vertebrates Respiration. Vertebrates Respiratory organs. |
| Multimedia |