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Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology

Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology provides comprehensive, integrated reviews giving sound, critical, and provocative summaries of our present knowledge in environmental and comparative physiology, from the molecular to the organismic level. The field has now gained the internation...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1988, 1988
Edition:1st ed. 1988
Series:Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology
Subjects:
Environmental Chemistry
Zoology
Biochemistry
Ecology 
Ecology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Mammalian Hibernation: An Escape from the Cold
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Ecological Significance of Mammalian Hibernation
  • 3 Organ System and Organ/Tissue Adaptations
  • 4 Cellular, Subcellular, and Membrane Adaptations
  • 5 Antimetabolic Peptides, the “Hibernation Induction Trigger”, and the Opioids
  • References
  • 2 Water Vapor Absorption by Terrestrial Organisms
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 General Features of Absorption Systems: Sites, Structures, and Mechanisms
  • 3 Functional Classification of Absorption Mechanisms
  • 4 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 3 Nutrient Transport by the Invertebrate Gut
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Annelida
  • 3 Echinodermata
  • 4 Mollusca
  • 5 Arthropoda
  • 6 Overview of Invertebrate Nutrient Absorption
  • References
  • 4 Nutrient Transport Across Vertebrate Intestine
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Where Sugar and Amino Acid Absorption Occurs
  • 3 Pathways for Sugar and Amino Acid Absorption and Mechanisms of Regulation
  • 4 Patterns of Adaptation
  • References
  • 5 Nutrient Transport Across the Integument of Marine Invertebrates
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Background Information
  • 3 Integumental Transport in Marine Mollusks
  • 4 Integumental DOM Transport in Echinoderms
  • 5 Integumental Uptake of DOM in Annelids
  • 6 On the Mechanism of Integumental Transport
  • 7 Conclusions
  • References
  • 6 The Fate of Stable Pollutants — Heavy Metals and Organochlorines — in Marine Organisms
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Spatial and Temporal Variations of the Contamination Level of Marine Organisms
  • 3 Fate of Pollutants in Marine Organisms
  • 4 Stable Pollutants at the Ecosystem Level, Biological Indicators and Monitoring
  • References

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