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Record Nr.

UNINA9910130578803321

Titolo

Osmoregulation in estuarine and marine animals : proceedings of the invited lectures to a symposium organized within the 5th Conference of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, September 5-8, 1983. / / edited by A. Pequeux, R. Gilles, and L. Bolis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Springer-Verlag, , 1984

ISBN

1-118-66908-8

3-642-45574-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 1984.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 222 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes on coastal and estuarine studies ; ; Volume 9

Disciplina

574.92

Soggetti

Marine animals

Estuarine animals

Osmoregulation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

I Physiological and Ultrastructural Aspects of “Salt-Transporting Tissues” Studies -- Homeostatic Function of Integuments and Nephridia in Annelids -- Control of the Extracellular Fluid Osmolality in Crustaceans -- Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in Saline Water Mosquito Larvae -- Chloride Secretion by the Chloride Cells of the Isolated Opercular Epithelium of Marine Fish -- Control of the Blood Osmolarity in Fishes, With Reference to the Functional Anatomy of the Gut -- Transport Properties of Fish Urinary Bladders in Relation to Osmoregulation -- The Contrasting Roles of the Salt Glands, The Integument and Behavior in Osmoregulation of Marine Reptiles -- Regulation of NaCl and Water Absorption in Duck Intestine -- II Biophysical and Biochemical Aspects of “Salt-Transporting Tissues” Studies -- Cellular Energy Metabolism and its Regulation in Gills of Fish and Crustacea -- Regulatory Functions of Na++K+-Atpase in Marine and Estuarine Animals -- Ultrastructural Localization of Na++K+-Atpase in Specialized Membranes of Salt Transporting Cells in Marine Vertebrates -- Models of Salt and Water Flow Across Epithelia: An Evaluation by Electron Probe X-Ray Microanalysis -- Taxonomic Index.