Sea SnakesNew South Wales University Press, 1987 - 85 sivua Sixty percent of the world's sea snakes are in Australian territorial waters - here's where they are, what they eat and who eats them, how they dive, breathe, reproduce, and function in their varying habitats. |
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Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 6
Sivu 35
... submergence times from nine species indicated that they commonly submerge for up to half an hour , but that submergences of longer than an hour are uncommon , at least from depths at which observations were made ( 10 m or less ) . The ...
... submergence times from nine species indicated that they commonly submerge for up to half an hour , but that submergences of longer than an hour are uncommon , at least from depths at which observations were made ( 10 m or less ) . The ...
Sivu 37
... submergence . Fur- thermore , observations of the breathing of sea snakes in their natural habitat indicate that they usually take from one to three breaths quickly at the surface and dive again . They seldom stay on the surface long ...
... submergence . Fur- thermore , observations of the breathing of sea snakes in their natural habitat indicate that they usually take from one to three breaths quickly at the surface and dive again . They seldom stay on the surface long ...
Sivu 40
... submergence time has been demonstrated experimentally . When the saccular lung was tied off surgically , submergence time decreased , but was restored when the passage between the saccular and vascular lungs was reopened . The saccular ...
... submergence time has been demonstrated experimentally . When the saccular lung was tied off surgically , submergence time decreased , but was restored when the passage between the saccular and vascular lungs was reopened . The saccular ...
Sisältö
THE KINDS OF SEA SNAKES | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY OF SEA SNAKES | 12 |
ADAPTATIONS OF SEA SNAKES | 31 |
Tekijänoikeudet | |
1 muita osia ei näytetty
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Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
Acrochordidae Acrochordus granulatus active Aipysurus eydouxii amount anaerobic respiration animals antivenom Astrotia stokesii Australian Biology body Bohr shift breathing captured carbon dioxide cent colubrids delivered diving syndrome eels eggs elapids Emydocephalus Enhydrina schistosa envenomation enzymes estuaries fang fish foraging freshwater function generalist granulated file snake habitat Haemotoxins heart rate Heatwole Heuvelmans homalopsines home ranges humans Hydrophis kidney land snakes Lapemis hardwickii Laticauda colubrina limbs mammals mangrove marine snakes membrane metabolic rate mice muscle Myotoxins natricines Nerodia neurotoxins niche nitrogen occur olive sea snake oxygen debt Pelamis platurus predators prey reefs release reproductive reptiles respiratory saccular lung salt glands sea kraits sea serpents sea snake Aipysurus sea snake bite sea snake venom sea water skin snake Aipysurus laevis snake venoms specialists species of snake submergence surface swallowing swimming symptoms teeth terrestrial tissue toxicity toxins true sea snakes venom apparatus venom gland venomous sea snakes vertebrates