Respiratory Physiology of Vertebrates : Life with and without Oxygen (Paperback)

Preface Goran E. Nilsson; Part I. General Principles: 1. Introduction - why we need oxygen Goran E. Nilsson; 2. Sensing oxygen Mikko Nikinmaa; 3. Oxygen uptake and transport in water breathers Steve F. Perry and Kathleen M. Gilmour; 4. Oxygen uptake and transport in air breathers Nini Skovgaard, James W. Hicks and Tobias Wang; Part II. Special Cases: 5. Adaptations to hypoxia in fishes Goran E. Nilsson and David J. Randall; 6. Breathing air in water and in air: the air-breathing fishes Jeffrey B. Graham and Nicholas C. Wegner; 7. Air breathers under water: diving mammals and birds Lars P. Folkow and Arnoldus Schytte Blix; 8. Vertebrate life at high altitude Frank L. Powell and Susan R. Hopkins; 9. Surviving without any oxygen Goran E. Nilsson; Index.