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Endocrines and osmoregulation : a comparative account of the regulation of water and salt in vertebrates
- Title
- Endocrines and osmoregulation : a comparative account of the regulation of water and salt in vertebrates / by P. J. Bentley.
- Author
- Bentley, P. J.
- Publication
- New York : Springer, 2002.
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- Description
- xvi, 292 pages : 30 figures, 23 tables; 25 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Osmotic Problems of Vertebrates. 1. Geographical and Ecological Distribution of the Vertebrates (Osmotic Distribution). 2. The Osmotic Anatomy of the Vertebrates. 3. Osmotic Exchanges with the Environment. 4. Forces Affecting Exchanges of Water and Solutes. 5. Transporter Proteins Involved in Solute and Water Movements Across Cell Membranes. 6. Biological Structures Participating in Fluid Exchange. 7. Relationships of Nitrogen Metabolism to Osmoregulation. 8. Osmoregulation and the Evolution of Vertebrates -- Ch. 2. The Vertebrate Endocrine System. 1. Endocrine Function. 2. Osmoregulatory Hormones. 3. Mechanisms of the Hormonal Regulation of Water and Salt Across Epithelial Membranes -- Ch. 3. The Mammals. 1. General Introduction. 2. Osmoregulation. 3. The Monotremes (Egg-Laying Mammals). 4. The Marsupials (Pouched Mammals). 5. The Placental Mammals -- Ch. 4. The Birds. 1. Water Loss. 2. Conservation and Excretion of Salts.
- 3. Conservation of Water and Salt by the Cloaca and Large Intestine. 4. Sources of Water and Salts. 5. Reproduction, Migration and Osmoregulation. 6. Osmoregulation and Hormones in Free-Living Birds -- Ch. 5. The Reptiles. 1. Water Exchanges. 2. Salt Exchanges. 3. Accumulation of Water and Salts. 4. Reproduction and Osmoregulation -- Ch. 6. The Amphibia. 1. Water Exchange. 2. Salt Exchange. 3. Nitrogen Metabolism. 4. Reproduction. 5. Accumulation of Water and Salt -- Ch. 7. The Fishes. 1. The Piscine Endocrines. 2. Water Exchanges. 3. Salt Exchanges. 4. Nitrogen Metabolism and Osmoregulation. 5. Osmoregulation and the Endocrines of Sharks and Rays. 6. The Hagfish.
- ISBN
- 3540426833
- LCCN
- 2001054976
- OCLC
- ocm48241416
- SCSB-4271273
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries