Measuring Metabolic Rates - A Manual for Scientists

List of contents

• 1: Measuring the fire of life: A brief history of metabolic measurement


• 2: Constant volume and constant pressure respirometry


• 3: Coulometric respirometry


• 4: Constant volume techniques using gas analysis


• 5: Aquatic oxygen analysis


• 6: Direct calorimetry


• 7: Measuring field metabolic rates


• 8: Flow-through respirometry: The basics


• 9: Flow-through respirometry: The equations


• 10: Flow-through respirometry: Incurrent flow measurement


• 11: Flow-through respirometry: Excurrent flow measurement


• 12: Room calorimetry and mask respirometry


• 13: Metabolic phenotyping


• 14: Validating flow-through respirometry


• 15: Data analysis and presentation


• 16: The varieties of gas analyzers


• 17: The varieties of flow meters


• 18: The varieties of activity detectors


• 19: The varieties of scrubbers, tubing, and tubing connectors


• 20: Acquiring useful tools and skills

Summary

This is the only authoritative textbook on metabolic measurement of animals, ranging in mass from fruit flies to whales. It integrates a rigorous theoretical background with detailed practical guidelines for making actual measurements in the field and laboratory.

Product details

• Authors: John R. B. Lighton, John R. B. (President and Chief Scientist Lighton
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.12.2018
• EAN: 9780198830399
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883039-9
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Scientific Instruments, SCIENCE / Laboratory Techniques, Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques, Animal Physiology, Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques, Zoology and animal sciences, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology