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Title Cold ocean physiology / edited by H.O. Pörtner and R. Playle
Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Description xvii, 498 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Society for Experimental Biology seminar series ; 66
Seminar series (Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)) ; 66
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
Deep-sea animals
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
Mode of access: World Wide Web
System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader
Subject Cold adaptation.
Deep-sea animals -- Adaptation -- Polar regions.
Marine animals -- Adaptation -- Polar regions.
Author Playle, R. C. (Richard Colin), 1956-
Pörtner, H. O. (Hans-Otto), 1955-
Canadian Society of Zoologists.
Canadian Society of Zoologists. Meeting (1996 : Memorial University)
Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)
LC no. 97022063
ISBN 0521580781 (hardbound)