Respiratory Physiology Of Vertebrates

Author : Göran E. Nilsson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139485350
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Respiratory Physiology of Vertebrates written by Göran E. Nilsson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Go ̈ran E. Nilsson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780511676703
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Respiratory Physiology of Vertebrates written by Go ̈ran E. Nilsson and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how vertebrates get the oxygen they need and explores examples of extreme respiratory performance, including diving and high-altitude survival.

Author : Mogens L. Glass
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540939857
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cardio-Respiratory Control in Vertebrates written by Mogens L. Glass and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-24 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hopefully, this book will be taken off of the shelf frequently to be studied carefully over many years. More than 40 researchers were involved in this project, which examines respiration, circulation, and metabolism from ?sh to the land vertebrates, including human beings. A breathable and stable atmosphere ?rst appeared about 500 million years ago. Oxygen levels are not stable in aquatic environments and exclusively water-breathing ?sh must still cope with the ever-changing levels of O 2 and with large temperature changes. This is re?ected in their sophisticated count- current systems, with high O extraction and internal and external O receptors. 2 2 The conquest for the terrestrial environment took place in the late Devonian period (355–359 million years ago), and recent discoveries portray the gradual transitional evolution of land vertebrates. The oxygen-rich and relatively stable atmospheric conditionsimpliedthatoxygen-sensingmechanismswererelativelysimpleandl- gain compared with acid–base regulation. Recently, physiology has expanded into related ?elds such as biochemistry, molecular biology, morphology and anatomy. In the light of the work in these ?elds, the introduction of DNA-based cladograms, which can be used to evaluate the likelihood of land vertebrates and lung?sh as a sister group, could explain why their cardio-respiratory control systems are similar. The diffusing capacity of a duck lung is 40 times higher than that of a toad or lung?sh. Certainly, some animals have evolved to rich high-performance levels.

Author : J N Maina
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429530420
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biological Systems in Vertebrates, Vol. 1 written by J N Maina and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives an account of the morphologies of vertebrate respiratory organs and attempts to explicate the basis of the common and different structural and functional designs and stratagems that have evolved for acquisition of molecular oxygen. The book has been written with a broad readership in mind: students of biology as well as experts in the discipl

Author : George Morgan Hughes
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674152502
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Physiology of Vertebrate Respiration written by George Morgan Hughes and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1963 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a concise study of the structure and function of vertebrate respiratory systems. It describes not only the individual organ systems, but also the relationship of these systems to each other and to the animal's environment. For example, the author emphasizes that a proper understanding of respiration involves a consideration of the external environment as a source of oxygen as well as the biochemistry of the cell; and, from the evolutionary point of view, that physiological changes in the respiratory and circulatory systems are dominated by the origin of the land habit. The author's approach to the subject exemplifies that trend to the amalgamation of Zoology and Physiology, which has become increasingly marked at universities and schools in recent years. This synthesis requires, broadly, a knowledge of classical comparative anatomy, ecology, evolution, physiology and biochemistry; an enormous task, but nevertheless one in which the zoologist holds a central position. This book indicates the nature of such an eclectic approach, with the animal, in its environment and its evolution, as its focal point. Covering a rapidly changing field of research the author refers to many recent views and indicates where these differ from those commonly accepted.

Author : Alan Hargens
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824785581
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physiological Adaptations in Vertebrates written by Alan Hargens and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1991-10-31 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume originates from a symposium held in Copenhagen in June 1989 to commemorate Kjell Johansen, who died March 4, 1987. The volume begins with a nonscientific but fascinating glimpse at Kjell, followed by an overview of the kinds of physiology that interested him, i.e. adaptational, environme

Author : David J. Randall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521222594
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Air Breathing in Vertebrates written by David J. Randall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1981-02-27 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1981, this book presents an original approach to the evolution of air breathing in vertebrates from aquatic ancestors.

Author : George M. Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Physiology of Vertebrate Respiration written by George M. Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger S. Seymour
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400965362
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Respiration and metabolism of embryonic vertebrates written by Roger S. Seymour and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume were presented at an international symposium, held in South Australia on September 8-10, 1983. The purpose of the meeting was to present the comparative physiology of gas exchange, water balance and energet ics of developing vertebrate embryos. contributions were invited from leading research workers in an attempt to represent the forefront of investigation of all vertebrate classes and to promote a broadly comparative approach to the study of embryonic physiology. These proceedings therefore reflect the current level of research activity focus ing on each group of vertebrates. While considerable expansion and specializa tion has occurred in the area of avian embryos over the last decade, work on reptilian embryos is less developed and that on fish and amphibians is still in its infancy. Although a great deal is known about respiration and metabolism in embryos of placental mammals, the physiology associated with the curious mode of development of monotreme and marsupial embryos has not been examined until recently. In this symposium. the well-studied vertebrate classes are repre sented primarily by specific research papers that document original work. These are balanced by more extensive reviews of the lesser known classes.

Author : George Morgan Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vertebrate Lung written by George Morgan Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: