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.
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ISBN
9780511739774
Publisert
2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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