| Description |
xvi, 590 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Osmoregulation: Some Principles of Water and Solute Transport / David C. Dawson and Xuehong Liu -- 2. Volume Regulation and Osmosensing in Animal Cells / Keith Choe and Kevin Strange -- 3. The Contractile Vacuole Complex and Cell Volume Control in Protozoa / Richard D. Allen, Takashi Tominaga and Yutaka Naitoh -- 4. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in Molluscs / Lewis Deaton -- 5. Osmoregulation in Annelids / Robert L. Preston -- 6. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in Aquatic Arthropods / Guy Charmantier, Mireille Charmantier-Daures and David Towle -- 7. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in Insects / Klaus W. Beyenbach and Peter M. Piermarini -- 8. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in Fishes / David H. Evans and James B. Claiborne -- 9. Osmotic and Ion Regulation in Amphibians / Stanley D. Hillyard, Nadja Mobjerg, Shigeyasu Tanaka and Erik Hviid Larsen -- 10. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in Reptiles / William H. Dantzler and S. Donald Bradshaw |
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11. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in Birds / Eldon J. Brawn -- 12. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in Mammals / Rolf K. H. Kinne and Mark L. Zeidel |
| Summary |
Provides background information in a broad range of disciplines such as zoology, evolutionary biology, physiology, ichthyology, aquaculture, marine biology, entomology, herpetology, avian biology, human nephrology, conservation biology, and pharmacology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cells -- Physiology.
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Ions -- Physiological transport.
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Osmoregulation.
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| Author |
Evans, David H. (David Hudson), 1940-
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| LC no. |
2008029540 |
| ISBN |
9780849380303 (alk. paper) |
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