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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001499259707536

Titolo

Mammalian hibernation ; Water vapor absorption by terrestrial organisms ; Nutrient Transport ; The fate of stable pollutants (heavy metals and organochlorines) in marine organisms / with contributions by G. A. Ahearn ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 1988

ISBN

3540188290

Descrizione fisica

viii, 252 p : ill. ; 25 cm

Collana

Advances in comparative and environmental physiology ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

Ahearn, Gregory Allen

Disciplina

591.19214

Soggetti

Mammals - Hibernation

Marine animals - Effect of water pollution on

Comparative Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographies and indexes

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Mammalian hibernation : An escape from the cold / L. C. H. Wang

Chapter 2: Water vapor absorption by terrestrial organisms / M. J. O'Donnell and J. Machin

Chapter 3: Nutrient transport by the invertebrate gut / G. A. Ahearn

Chapter 4: Nutrient transport across vertebrate intestine / W. H. Karasov

Chapter 5: Nutrient transport across the integument of marine invertebrates / S. H. Wright

Chapter 6:The fate of stable pollutants - heavy metals and organochlorines - in marine organisms / J. M. Bouquegneau and C. Joiris