Physiological Strategies for Gas Exchange and Metabolism

List of contributors; Preface; Does comparative respiratory physiology have a role in evolutionary biology (and vice versa)? W. W. Burggren; Energy metabolism in helminths P. Kohler; The role of carbonic anhydrase within the tissues, with special reference to striated muscle G. Gros; Multiple strategies in oxygen and carbon dioxide transport by haemoglobin F. B. Jensen; Respiratory gas exchange and the regulation of acid-base status in decapodan crustaceans E. W. Taylor, N. M. Whiteley and M. G. Wheatly; Respiration and thermoregulation of amphibians and reptiles S. C. Wood and M. L. Glass; Ventilation, gas exchange and oxygen delivery in flying and flightless birds J. H. Brackenbury; Animal energetics at very low oxygen: information from calorimetry and respirometry E. Gnaiger; pH changes in fish during environmental anoxia and recovery: the advantages of the ethanol pathway G. Van Den Thillart and A. Van Waarde; Respiratory and metabolic adaptations of aquatic annelids to low environmental oxygen tensions A. Toulmond; Respiratory adaptations of aquatic decapod crustaceans and fish to a burrowing mode of life A. C. Taylor and R. J. A. Atkinson; Respiratory adaptations to limited oxygen supply during diving in birds and mammals P. J. Butler; Index.