Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 28. January 1991
Book
Hardback
X, 213 pages
978-3-540-52896-8 (ISBN)
Description
Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology
helps biologists, physiologists, and biochemists keep track of the extensive literature in the field. Providing comprehensive, integrated reviews and sound, critical, and provocative summaries, this series is a
must
for all active researchers in environmental and comparative physiology.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
35
35 s/w Tabellen
32 figures, 35 tables
Dimensions
Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 17 cm
Weight
505 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-52896-8 (9783540528968)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-75897-3
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Content
1 Protein Turnover in Ectotherms and Its Relationships to Energetics.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Methodological Problems; General Considerations.- 3 Effects of Body Size.- 4 Effects of Feeding and Starvation.- 5 Protein Turnover in Long-Term Growth Studies.- 6 Protein Growth and Synthesis in Tissues.- 7 Starvation.- 8 Exercise.- 9 Growth Hormone.- 10 Temperature, Salinity, and Oxygen.- 11 RNA to Protein Ratios and Protein Synthesis.- 12 Energy Cost of Protein Synthesis.- References.- 2 Organic Xenobiotic Metabolism in Marine Invertebrates.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Major Pathways of Biotransformation of Organic Xenobiotics.- 3 Porifera.- 4 Coelenterata.- 5 Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Nemertini and Minor Phyla.- 6 Annelida.- 7 Mollusca.- 8 Crustacea (Arthropoda).- 9 Echinodermata.- 10 Comparative Aspects.- Appendix: Calculation of Approximate in Vivo Rates of Xenobiotic Metabolism.- References.- 3 Lipoproteins from the Hemolymph and Ovaries of Marine Invertebrates.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Hemolymph Lipoproteins.- 3 Female-Specific Hemolymph Lipoproteins.- 4 Lipoproteins in Eggs and Ovaries.- 5 Pigments Associated with Lipoproteins.- 6 Sites of Egg Lipoprotein Synthesis.- 7 Summary.- References.