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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Sivu 106
... envenomation is caused by asphyxiation , perhaps the resistance was merely the abil- ity to survive by way of cutaneous respiration until the fish recovered from the effect of neurotoxins on its ventilatory muscles . Eels have ...
... envenomation is caused by asphyxiation , perhaps the resistance was merely the abil- ity to survive by way of cutaneous respiration until the fish recovered from the effect of neurotoxins on its ventilatory muscles . Eels have ...
Sivu 123
... envenomation . Damaged muscles also release the enzyme creatine kinase into the blood plas- ma . Chemical tests have been devised that can detect this substance and are used in clinical diagnosis of envenomation . If medical treatment ...
... envenomation . Damaged muscles also release the enzyme creatine kinase into the blood plas- ma . Chemical tests have been devised that can detect this substance and are used in clinical diagnosis of envenomation . If medical treatment ...
Sivu 124
... envenomation and in some cases , have died from renal failure . Autopsies of people killed by sea snakes or biopsy samples taken from severely enveno- mated individuals show structural damage . Unlike mice , there is also considerable ...
... envenomation and in some cases , have died from renal failure . Autopsies of people killed by sea snakes or biopsy samples taken from severely enveno- mated individuals show structural damage . Unlike mice , there is also considerable ...
Sisältö
PREFACE | 1 |
The Kinds of Sea Snakes 5 Origin and Evolution of Sea Snakes | 8 |
Regional Distributions | 18 |
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