Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: air breathing in vertebrates
- 2 Gas transfer: the transition from water to air breathing
- 3 Ventilation and perfusion relationships
- 4 Mechanisms of ventilation
- 5 Regulation and control of gas transfer
- 6 The evolution of air breathing: a synthesis and summary
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: air breathing in vertebrates
- 2 Gas transfer: the transition from water to air breathing
- 3 Ventilation and perfusion relationships
- 4 Mechanisms of ventilation
- 5 Regulation and control of gas transfer
- 6 The evolution of air breathing: a synthesis and summary
- References
- Index
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- The Evolution of Air Breathing in Vertebrates , pp. 131 - 133Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1981