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Author Lighton, John R. B.

Title Measuring metabolic rates : a manual for scientists / John R.B. Lighton
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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 MELB  612.39 Lig/Mmr  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents 1. A Brief History of Metabolic Measurement -- 2. Constant Volume and Constant Pressure Respirometry -- 3. Coulometric Respirometry -- 4. Constant Volume Techniques Using Gas Analysis -- 5. Aquatic Oxygen Analysis -- 6. Direct Calorimetry -- 7. Measuring Field Metabolic Rates -- 8. Flow-Through Respirometry: Overview -- 9. Flow-Through Respirometry: The Equations -- 10. Flow-Through Respirometry Using Incurrent Flow Measurement -- 11. Flow-Through Respirometry Using Excurrent Flow Measurement -- 12. Validating Flow-Through Respirometry -- 13. Respirometric Data Analysis and Presentation -- 14. The Varieties of Gas Analyzers -- 15. The Varieties of Flow Meters -- 16. The Varieties of Activity Detectors -- 17. The Varieties of Scrubbers, Tubing, and Tubing Connectors
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index
Subject Metabolism -- Measurement.
LC no. 2007032937
ISBN 9780195310610 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195310616 (cloth : alk. paper)