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Comparative Aspects of Extracellular Acid-Base Balance

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3540179410

(Number (ISBN

3642831303

(Number (ISBN

9783540179412

(Number (ISBN

9783642831300

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b574388

Title Proper

Comparative Aspects of Extracellular Acid-Base Balance

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Jean-Paul Truchot.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1987

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xiv, 248 pages 51 illustrations)

Series Title

Zoophysiology, 20.

Text of Note

General Properties of Water and Body Fluids as Acid-Base Systems --; Methodological Approaches and Problems --; Extracellular Acid-Base Status and the Nature of the Respiratory Medium --; Acid-Base Balance and Respiratory Gases in the Ambient Medium --; Extracellular Acid-Base Balance in Aquatic Animals as a Function of the Ionic Composition and the Acid-Base Balance of the Ambient Water --; Extracellular Acid-Base Balance and Body Temperature --; Comparative Physiology and Evolution of Acid-Base Regulatory Mechanisms --; Extracellular Acid-Base Balance in Some Specific Physiological Situations --; References --; Notes Added in Proof --; References Added in Proof --; Subject and Species Index.

Text of Note

The extracellular acid-base state of an animal organism provides information about various processes: respiration, metabolism, ionic exchanges. Therefore, it has become customary to measure blood pH in many physiological experiments. This book presents the necessary background for the understanding of the acid-base state in animal organisms facing various environmental and physiological situations. Particular emphasis is put on the fundamental differences between water- and air- breathers and on the acid-base and respiratory problems arising at the transition from aquatic to terrestial life. In addition to technical and methodological advice, the reader will find the basic physico-chemical and physiological information required to interpret measurements, a critical assessment of current concepts in acid-base physiology, and many useful comments on environmental adaptation and physiological evolution.

Cytology.

Life sciences.

Zoology.

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Book number

by Jean-Paul Truchot.

Jean-Paul Truchot

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