Research Catalog

Title

Cold ocean physiology / edited by H.O. Pörtner and R. Playle.

Publication

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors

• Pörtner, H. O. (Hans-Otto), 1955-
• Playle, R. C. (Richard Colin), 1956-
• Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)
• Canadian Society of Zoologists.
• Canadian Society of Zoologists. Meeting (1996 : Memorial University)

Description

xvii, 498 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Society for Experimental Biology seminar series ; 66

Uniform Title

Seminar series (Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)) ; 66.

Subject

• Marine animals > Adaptation > Polar regions
• Deep-sea animals > Adaptation > Polar regions
• Cold adaptation
• Marine biology
• Marine animals > Adaptation > Congresses. > Polar regions
• Deep-sea animals > Adaptation > Congresses. > Polar regions
• Cold adaptation > Congresses
• Cold Climate
• Marine Biology
• marine biology
• Marine biology
• Cold adaptation
• Deep-sea animals > Adaptation
• Marine animals > Adaptation
• Autökologie
• Kälte
• Kälteanpassung
• Meerestiere
• Polarmeer
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Animaux marins > Adaptation > Régions polaires
• Animaux marins > Résistance au froid > Régions polaires
• Polar regions

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• Papers from a joint Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) and Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ) symposium held at the Annual CSZ Meeting at Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, May 10, 1996.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Temperature and energetics / A. Clarke -- Adaptation to cold and depth / G.N. Somero -- Temperature and growth rates as modulators of the metabolic capacities of fish muscle / H. Guderly -- Energetic aspects of cold adaptation / H.O. Pörtner [and others] -- Physiological and evolutionary aspects of myoglobin expression in the haemoglobinless Antarctic fishes / B.D. Sidell and M.E. Vayda -- Oxygen transport systems in extreme environments / G. Di Prisco, M. Tamburrini, and R. D'Avino -- Membrane lipid and protein adaptations in Antarctic fish / C. Storelli, R. Acierno, and M. Maffia -- Kinetics of enzymes in cold-stenothermal invertebrates / R.A.H. Vetter and F. Buchholz -- Effects of low temperature on prooxidant processes and antioxidant defence systems in marine organisms / A. Variengo, D. Abele-Oeschger, and B. Burlando -- New insights into fish antifreeze proteins / G.L. Fletcher [and others] -- Antifreeze glycopeptides and peptides in the freezing avoidance of Weddell Sea fishes / A.P.A. Wöhrmann -- Effects of environmental and experimental stress on Antarctic fish / S. Egginton and W. Davison -- Fish cardio-circulatory function in the cold / M. Axelsson [and others] -- Feeding, metabolism and metabolic scope in Antarctic marine ectotherms / L.S. Peck -- Evolution and adaptation of the diving response / P.W. Hochachka and P.D. Mottishaw -- Physiology of polar birds / R.M. Bevan, C.M. Bishop, and P.J. Butler -- Physiological ecology in cold ocean fisheries / R.G. Boutilier.

ISBN

• 0521580781
• 9780521580786

LCCN

97022063

OCLC

• ocm37011325
• 37011325
• SCSB-9631616

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library