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Vertebrate Gas Exchange

From Environment to Cell

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Robert G. Boutilier

    1. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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Part of the book series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology (COMPARATIVE, volume 6)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Respiratory Gas Tensions in the Environment

    • R. G. Boutilier
    Pages 1-13

  3. Modeling of Gas Exchange in Lungs, Gills and Skin

    • J. Piiper
    Pages 15-44

  4. Recent Advances and Trends in the Comparative Morphometry of Vertebrate Gas Exchange Organs

    • S. F. Perry
    Pages 45-71

  5. Morphometric Analysis of Tissue Capillary Supply

    • S. Egginton
    Pages 73-141

  6. Hemoglobin Physiology in Vertebrate Animals: a Cautionary Approach to Adaptationist Thinking

    • R. M. G. Wells
    Pages 143-161

  7. Kinetics of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Exchange

    • E. R. Swenson
    Pages 163-210

  8. Acid-Base Regulation: Interrelationships Between Gaseous and Ionic Exchange

    • N. Heisler
    Pages 211-251

  9. Control and Co-Ordination of Gas Exchange in Water Breathers

    • D. Randall
    Pages 253-278

  10. Control and Co-Ordination of Gas Exchange in Bimodal Breathers

    • R. G. Boutilier
    Pages 279-345

  11. Control and Co-Ordination of Gas Exchange in Air Breathers

    • W. K. Milsom
    Pages 347-400

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 401-411
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The structural and chemical limitations to respiratory gas exchange existing between the ambient medium and the cell are comprehensively treated. Beginning with an examination of the natural oscillations of respiratory gases in both terrestrial and aquatic environments, Vertebrate Gas Exchange details the structures involved in convecting the medium (air or water), the morphometrics of capillary gas transfers, and gas transfer kinetics. Important features include details on measurement techniques associated with tissue capillary supply and gas exchange kinetics.

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  • Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    Robert G. Boutilier

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