Salt Glands in Birds and Reptiles

Klappentext The aim of the authors in writing this monograph has been to provide a comprehensive and critical! but personal account of salt glands. Zusammenfassung The aim of the authors in writing this monograph has been to provide a comprehensive and critical! but personal account of salt glands. Papers on salt glands are scattered through a great many different journals. There is therefore a great need for a synthesis of what is known about salt glands. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Historical introduction; Part I. Avian Salt Glands: 2. Structure of salt glands; 3. Methods; 4. Nervous control of secretion; 5. Blood flow; 6. The secretory mechanism; 7. Factors affecting the concentration of nasal fluid; 8. Hormones and salt-gland secretion; 9. Adaptation of the gland; 10. Integration between the salt gland and other organs; 11. Comparative and applied physiology; Part II. Reptilian Salt Glands: 12. Marine reptiles; 13. Terrestrial reptiles; 14. Evolution of salt glands; References; Addendum; Indexes.

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• Authors: J. L. Linzell, M. Peaker, M. Linzell Peaker, Malcolm Linzell Peaker
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521112031
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11203-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Monographs of the Physiologica
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology