Sea SnakesKrieger Publishing Company, 1999 - 148 sivua This text describes the varieties and distribution of sea snakes, what they eat and what eats them, how they reproduce and grow, and how they cope with excess salt and scarcity of freshwater. It also discusses how they adjust to diving at depth, and describes the nature of their venom. |
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Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 9
Sivu 76
... carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) and heat are produced as by - products . We have already seen that mammals and birds engage in elevated rates of metab- olism as a means of producing heat for raising their body tem- perature . Aerobic metabolism ...
... carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) and heat are produced as by - products . We have already seen that mammals and birds engage in elevated rates of metab- olism as a means of producing heat for raising their body tem- perature . Aerobic metabolism ...
Sivu 82
... carbon dioxide builds up , as it does during breath - holding , it causes the blood to release more oxygen than it would otherwise . This effect of carbon dioxide on oxygen release is called the Bohr shift . The greater the Bohr shift ...
... carbon dioxide builds up , as it does during breath - holding , it causes the blood to release more oxygen than it would otherwise . This effect of carbon dioxide on oxygen release is called the Bohr shift . The greater the Bohr shift ...
Sivu 86
... carbon dioxide eliminated . The blood then transports the oxy- gen to the tissues and releases it there , at the same time collecting carbon dioxide for movement back to lungs and skin . The role of the circulatory system in gathering ...
... carbon dioxide eliminated . The blood then transports the oxy- gen to the tissues and releases it there , at the same time collecting carbon dioxide for movement back to lungs and skin . The role of the circulatory system in gathering ...
Sisältö
PREFACE | 1 |
The Kinds of Sea Snakes 5 Origin and Evolution of Sea Snakes | 8 |
Regional Distributions | 18 |
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