UID:
almahu_9948026371802882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
0-12-397234-5
Series Statement:
Gale eBooks
Content:
The Physiology of Cladocera is a much-needed summary of foundational information on these increasingly important model organisms. This unique and valuable summary is based on the world's literature, including Russian research not widely available until now. It offers systematically arranged data on the physiology of Cladocera, assisting with explanation of their life and distribution, as well as discussion on directions of future research. Special expert contributions in genetics, immunology, and cytology round out the physiological chapters and provide comprehensive insight into the
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Physiology of the Cladocera; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 General; 1.1 Systematic Position; 1.2 General Morphological Background; 1.3 Size and Weight Characteristics; 2 Methods; 3 Chemical Composition; 3.1 Moisture Content and Calorific Value; 3.2 Principal Organic Constituents; 3.2.1 Amino Acids; 3.2.2 Mucopolysaccharide (Slime); 3.2.3 Phosphorus-Containing Substances (Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA); 3.2.4 Carbohydrates; Glycogen; Chitin; 3.2.5 Lipids; 3.2.6 Vitamins; 3.2.7 Pigments; Carotenoids; Melanins; Hemoglobin; Myoglobin; Other Pigments
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3.2.8 Content of Particular Elements or CompoundsEssential and Nonessential Elements; Carbon; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Calcium and Strontium; Iron; Lead; Magnesium; Copper; Silica (SiO2); Sodium; 3.3 Xenobiotics in the Cladoceran Body; 4 Nutrition; 4.1 Feeding; 4.1.1 Anatomical Background; Cladocera that Collect Food from Substrata; Cladocera that Collect Food Suspended in Open Water; Carnivorous Species; 4.1.2 Environmental Background and Food Resources; Algal Food; Bacterial Food; Organic Debris (Detritus); 4.1.3 Introductory Remarks about Lipids; Essential Fatty Acids; Lipids in Cladocera
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4.1.4 Algal LipidsThe Physiology of Diatom Photosynthesis; 4.2 Feeding Characteristics; 4.2.1 Quantitative; Rate of Mandible Rolling; Rate of Thoracic Limb Strokes; Water Clearance Rate; Littoral Cladocera; Pelagic Cladocera; Quantities of Food Consumed; Littoral Cladocera; Pelagic Cladocera; 4.2.2 Excessive and Insufficient Diets; Luxury Consumption (Superfluous Feeding); Insufficient Food; 4.2.3 Qualitative Characteristics: Selectivity; Morphological Background; Postabdominal Rejection; Labral Rejection; Regurgitation; 4.2.4 Feeding is Influenced by Environmental Factors
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Influence of Suspended Minerals4.2.5 Impact of Xenobiotics on Feeding; 4.3 Digestion; 4.3.1 Anatomical Background; Glands; 4.3.2 Peritrophic Membrane; 4.3.3 The Fat Body; 4.3.4 Histo-Hemolymphatic Intestinal Barrier; 4.3.5 Peristalsis; 4.3.6 Defecation; 4.4 Digestion of Particular Substances; 4.4.1 Protein Metabolism; 4.4.2 Phosphorus Metabolism; 4.4.3 Lipid Metabolism; Littoral Cladocera; Pelagic Cladocera; Abnormal Fat Metabolism; 4.4.4 Carbohydrate Metabolism; Littoral Cladocera; Pelagic Cladocera; 4.4.5 Metabolism of Various Elements; Calcium; Strontium; Selenium; 4.5 Assimilation
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4.5.1 Digestion EfficiencyGut Passage Time; 4.5.2 Incomplete Digestion; 4.5.3 Unbalanced Diet; 4.5.4 The Fate of Ingested Chlorophyll; 4.5.5 Chemical Composition of Feces; 4.6 Starvation; 4.7 Natural Toxicity; 4.8 Impact of Xenobiotics on Digestion; 5 Respiration; 5.1 Anatomical Background; 5.2 Environmental Background; 5.3 Oxygen Consumption; 5.3.1 Respiration in Littoral and Bottom-Dwelling Cladocera; 5.3.2 Respiration in Pelagic Cladocera; 5.4 Hemoglobin and Iron; 5.4.1 Hemoglobin in Littoral Cladocera; 5.4.2 Hemoglobin in Pelagic Cladocera; 5.4.3 Iron
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5.5 Evolution of Carbon Dioxide and the Respiratory Quotient
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-396953-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-299-92701-7
Language:
English
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