| Description | | - Provides detailed examples of the process of water transport at the organismal, organ and cellular level
- Incorporates clear background information on ion regulation and transport, specifically in the light of recent molecular studies
- Illustrates the physical principles to which each organism must adhere, and the phylogenetic constraints within which it must operate
- Collates a widely dispersed literature to produce a comprehensive and authoritative synthesis
| Water is fundamental to life and all metabolic reactions are influenced by the aqueous environment in which they occur. Osmoregulation and water balance are therefore absolutely essential topics in animal physiology.
Animal Osmoregulation collates a widely dispersed literature to produce a comprehensive and authoritative synthesis of the field, providing detailed examples of
osmoregulatory processes at the organismal, organ and cellular level. It incorporates clear background information on ion regulation and transport (specifically in the light of recent molecular studies) and illustrates the physical principles to which each organism must adhere, as well as the phylogenetic constraints within which it must operate.
As with other titles in the Oxford Animal
Biology Series, the topic is addressed using examples from throughout the animal kingdom, identifying common themes that transcend taxonomy. |
Readership: An accessible supplementary text suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in comparative animal physiology and environmental physiology. It will also appeal to the many professional academics requiring a concise overview of the topic.
| Contents |
Introduction
Chapter 1.
The properties of water
Chapter 2.
Osmosis
Chapter 3.
The interaction of water with proteins and membranes
Chapter 4.
The need for, and often conflicting issues of, osmoregulation and volume regulation
Chapter 5.
Osmoconformers
Chapter 6.
Hyporegulators
Chapter 7.
Hyper-regulators
Chapter 8.
Terrestrial animals
Chapter 9.
Membranes as sites of energy transduction
Chapter 10.
Transport of ions and water in epithelia: Molecular insights
Chapter 11.
Maintenance of osmotic homeostasis
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Tim Bradley, University of California, Irvine, USA
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