Respiratory physiology of vertebrates :

Respiratory physiology of vertebrates : life with and without oxygen / edited by Göran Nilsson. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xvi, 334 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Vertebrates--Respiration.
Vertebrates--Respiratory organs.

QP121 / .R463 2010

596.14 / REP

QP121 / .R47 2010