Animal Osmoregulation [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465171803321
• Autore: Bradley Timothy J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0-19-154697-6; 9786611985448; 1-281-98544-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (179 p.)
• Collana: Oxford Animal Biology Series
• Disciplina: 571.7/5
• Soggetti: Osmoregulation; Human Anatomy & Physiology; Health & Biological Sciences; Physiology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1 The properties of water; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The structure of pure water; 1.3 Some unusual attributes of water; 1.4 The colligative properties of water; 1.5 The activity coefficient; 1.6 The activity of water; Suggested additional readings; 2 Osmosis; 2.1 The phenomenon of osmosis; 2.2 The reflection coefficient; 2.3 Osmotic pressure; Suggested additional readings; 3 The interaction of water with organic solutes; 3.1 The effects of polar solutes; 3.2 The primary structure of proteins; 3.3 The secondary and tertiary structure of proteins; 3.4 The quaternary structure of proteins3.5 The interaction of lipids with water in the cell; 3.6 Membranes are ubiquitous; Suggested additional readings; 4 The need for, and often conflicting issues of, osmoregulation and volume regulation; 4.1 Osmotic regulation; 4.2 Volume regulation; 4.3 Compatible solutes; Suggested additional readings; 5 Osmoconformers; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Marine invertebrates; 5.3 Osmoconforming chordates; Suggested additional readings; 6 Hyporegulators; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 General principles; 6.3 Marine teleosts; 6.4 Marine reptiles; 6.5 Marine birds; 6.6 Marine mammals6.7 Saline-tolerant mosquitoes; 6.8 Brine flies; 6.9 Crustaceans (brine shrimp); Suggested additional readings; 7 Hyper-regulators: life in fresh water; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Freshwater fish; 7.3 Amphibians; 7.4 Reptiles; 7.5 Birds and mammals; 7.6 Insects; 7.7 Crayfish; 7.8 Mollusks; 7.9 Freshwater amoebae; 7.10 Summary; Suggested additional readings; 8 Terrestrial animals; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The terrestrial environment can be associated with enormous gradients for the activity of water; 8.3 Osmoregulatory strategies among terrestrial animals; 8.4 Terrestrial vertebrates; 8.5 Water uptake by arthropods from a subsaturated atmosphereSuggested additional readings; 9 Membranes as sites of energy transduction; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Mitochondrial ATP production; 9.3 Vertebrate intestinal epithelial cells; 9.4 The integument of marine larvae; 9.5 Conclusions; Suggested additional readings; 10 Transport of ions and water in epithelia: molecular insights; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Insect Malpighian tubules; 10.3 The mitochondria-rich cells of freshwater animals; 10.4 The collecting tubule of the mammalian kidney; 10.5 On the more general distribution of aquaporins; Suggested additional readings11 Volume and osmotic regulation; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Cell volume regulation; 11.3 Sensing osmotic concentration; 11.4 Osmotic homeostasis in insects; 11.5 The mammalian kidney; 11.6 Summary; Suggested additional readings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: Osmoregulation and water balance are essential topics in animal physiology. This book starts with the physical properties of water, and the influence that it has on biological design. It then looks at the effect of the environment on physiology. Finally it studies how the evolutionary history of the animal influences the solution employed. - ;Water is fundamental to life and all metabolic reactions are influenced by the aqueous environment in which they occur. Osmoregulation and water balance are therefore absolutely essential topics in animal physiology. <i>Animal Osmoregulation</i> collates