life with and without oxygen Nilsson, Göran E. text enk Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010 monographic eng

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xvi, 334 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. 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. edited by Göran Nilsson. Includes bibliographical references and index. Vertebrates Respiration Vertebrates Respiratory organs QP121 .R463 2010 596.14 REP 9780521878548 (cased) 0521878543 (cased) 9780521703024 (pbk.) 0521703026 (pbk.) 2010293660 UKM 090911 20150408114104.0 456838770