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020			_a9780511845178 (ebook)
020			_z9780521878548 (hardback)
020			_z9780521703024 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
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245	0	0	_aRespiratory Physiology of Vertebrates : _bLife With and Without Oxygen / _cedited by Göran E. Nilsson.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (350 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aHow 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.
700	1		_aNilsson, Göran E., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521878548
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511845178
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38595 _d38595