Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology
Volume 7
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 8. December 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 213 pages
978-3-642-75899-7 (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
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
X, 213 p.
Dimensions
Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 17 cm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-75899-7 (9783642758997)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-75897-3
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Book
01/1991
Springer
€139.09
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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.