Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology

✍ Scribed by J. L. Arpigny, J. Coyette, S. Davail, G. Feller, E. Fonzé, E. C. Foulkes, J.-M. Frère, R. Fujii, S. Génicot, Ch. Gerday, B. Joris, J. Lamotte-Brasseur, J. N. Maina, E. Narinx, M. Nguyen-Disteche, N. Oshima, A. Viarengo, Z. Zekhnini (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 308
• Series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology 20
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

ADVANCES IN COMPARATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY helps biologists, physiologists, and biochemists keep track of the extensive literature in thefield. Providing comprehensive, integrated reviews and sound, critical, and provocative summaries, this series is a must for all active researchers in environmental and comparative physiology. The present volume contains six reviews on: - Motile Activities of Fish Chromatophores. - Epithelial Transport of Heavy Metals. - Heavy Metal Cytotoxicity in Marine Organisms. - Comparative Pulmonary Morphology and Morphometry. - Molecular Adaptations in Resistance to Penicillins. - Molecular Adaptations of Enzymes From Thermophilic and Psychrophilic Organisms.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Factors Influencing Motile Activities of Fish Chromatophores....Pages 1-54
Epithelial Transport of Heavy Metals....Pages 55-84
Heavy Metal Cytotoxicity in Marine Organisms: Effects on Ca 2+ Homeostasis and Possible Alteration of Signal Transduction Pathways....Pages 85-110
Comparative Pulmonary Morphology and Morphometry: The Functional Design of Respiratory Systems....Pages 111-232
Molecular Adaptations in Resistance to Penicillins and Other β -Lactam Antibiotics....Pages 233-267
Molecular Adaptations of Enzymes from Thermophilic and Psychrophilic Organisms....Pages 269-295
Back Matter....Pages 297-301

✦ Subjects

Zoology; Cell Biology; Biochemistry, general; Ecology