Description |
xvii, 498 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Society for Experimental Biology seminar series ; 66 |
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Seminar series (Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)) ; 66
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Contents |
Temperature and energetics / A. Clarke -- Adaptation to cold and depth / G.N. Somero -- Temperature and growth rates as modulators of the metabolic capacities of fish muscle / H. Guderly -- Energetic aspects of cold adaptation / H.O. Pörtner ... [et al.] -- Physiological and evolutionary aspects of myoglobin expression in the haemoglobinless Antarctic fishes / B.D. Sidell and M.E. Vayda -- Oxygen transport systems in extreme environments / G. Di Prisco, M. Tamburrini, and R. D'Avino -- Membrane lipid and protein adaptations in Antarctic fish / C. Storelli, R. Acierno, and M. Maffia -- Kinetics of enzymes in cold-stenothermal invertebrates / R.A.H. Vetter and F. Buchholz -- Effects of low temperature on prooxidant processes and antioxidant defence systems in marine organisms / A. Variengo, D. Abele-Oeschger, and B. Burlando -- New insights into fish antifreeze proteins / G.L. Fletcher ... [et al.] -- Antifreeze glycopeptides and peptides in the freezing avoidance of Weddell Sea fishes / A.P.A. Wöhrmann -- Effects of environmental and experimental stress on Antarctic fish / S. Egginton and W. Davison -- Fish cardio-circulatory function in the cold / M. Axelsson ... [et al.] -- Feeding, metabolism and metabolic scope in Antarctic marine ectotherms / L.S. Peck -- Evolution and adaptation of the diving response / P.W. Hochachka and P.D. Mottishaw -- Physiology of polar birds / R.M. Bevan, C.M. Bishop, and P.J. Butler -- Physiological ecology in cold ocean fisheries / R.G. Boutilier |
Analysis |
Cold adaptation |
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Deep-sea animals |
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Marine animals |
Notes |
Papers from a joint Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) and Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ) symposium held at the Annual CSZ Meeting at Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, May 10, 1996 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online version of the print title |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader |
Subject |
Cold adaptation.
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Deep-sea animals -- Adaptation -- Polar regions.
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Marine animals -- Adaptation -- Polar regions.
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Author |
Playle, R. C. (Richard Colin), 1956-
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Pörtner, H. O. (Hans-Otto), 1955-
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Canadian Society of Zoologists.
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Canadian Society of Zoologists. Meeting (1996 : Memorial University)
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Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)
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LC no. |
97022063 |
ISBN |
0521580781 (hardbound) |
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