| Description |
xii, 396 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Fish physiology ; Vol. 22 |
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Fish physiology ; Vol. 22
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| Contents |
The Arctic and Antarctic polar marine environments / Arthur L. DeVries and John F. Steffensen -- Systematics of polar fishes / Peter Rask Møller, Jorgen G. Nielsen, and M. Eric Anderson -- Metabolic biochemistry: its role in thermal tolerance and in the capacities of physiological and ecological function / H.O. Pörtner, M. Lucassen, and D. Storch -- Antifreeze proteins and organismal freezing avoidance in polar fishes / Arthur L. DeVires and C.-H. Christina Cheng -- Respiratory systems and metabolic rates / John F. Steffensen -- The circulatory system and its control / Michael Axelsson -- Blood-gas transport and hemoglobin function in polar fishes: does low temperature explain physiological characters? / R.M.G. Wells -- Antarctic fish skeletal muscle and locomotion / William Davison -- The nervous system / John MacDonald and John Montgomery |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| File Type |
Electronic book available in PDF format |
| Notes |
Online version of the print title |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader |
| Subject |
Fishes -- Adaptation -- Polar regions.
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Cold adaptation.
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Fishes -- Polar regions.
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Fishes -- physiology.
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Adaptation, Physiological.
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Cold Climate.
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| Author |
Farrell, Anthony Peter, 1952-
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Steffensen, John F.
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| ISBN |
0123504465 |
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