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 8
Sivu 53
... toxins , each exerting its own effect . The kinds and combinations of toxins determine the overall action on the victim . Each species of snake has a different set of toxins and , even when similar ones occur in different species , they ...
... toxins , each exerting its own effect . The kinds and combinations of toxins determine the overall action on the victim . Each species of snake has a different set of toxins and , even when similar ones occur in different species , they ...
Sivu 54
... toxins are enzymes . Some are non - enzymatic proteins or polypeptides , usually of rather low molecular weight . There are three general categories of toxins in snake venom according to the tissue they affect : neurotoxins that impair ...
... toxins are enzymes . Some are non - enzymatic proteins or polypeptides , usually of rather low molecular weight . There are three general categories of toxins in snake venom according to the tissue they affect : neurotoxins that impair ...
Sivu 57
... toxins may be changes in the toxin molecules themselves . Neurotoxins , at least , are initially synthesised as a precursor consisting of two protein fragments . The shorter of these , called the leader sequence , facilitates the ...
... toxins may be changes in the toxin molecules themselves . Neurotoxins , at least , are initially synthesised as a precursor consisting of two protein fragments . The shorter of these , called the leader sequence , facilitates the ...
Sisältö
THE KINDS OF SEA SNAKES | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY OF SEA SNAKES | 12 |
ADAPTATIONS OF SEA SNAKES | 31 |
Tekijänoikeudet | |
1 muita osia ei näytetty
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
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