Animal Osmoregulation (Oxford Animal Biology Series)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.The properties of water --Osmosis --The interaction of water with organic solutes --The need for, and often conflicting issues of osmoregulation and volume regulation --Osmoconformers --Hyporegulators --Hyper-regulators: life in fresh water --Terrestrial animals -- Membranes as sites of energy transduction --Transport of ions and water in epithelia: molecular insights --Volume and osmotic regulation.

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Name in long format: Animal Osmoregulation (Oxford Animal Biology Series)
ISBN-10: 0198569963
ISBN-13: 9780198569961
Book pages: 320
Book language: en
Edition: Illustrated
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Dimensions: Height: 6.1 Inches, Length: 9.1 Inches, Weight: 0.70988848364 Pounds, Width: 0.4 Inches

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