Basic Sciences, Marine & Aquatic Life, Animals - General, Nature, Biology & Life Sciences, Zoology, Aquatic Life & Sciences, Biology
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Contributors from biological, earth, and health sciences discuss how animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago coped with the lack of oxygen in the environment or the temporary interruption of oxygen to their vital organs. Taking an evolutionary approach, the 14 studies present detailed summaries for each major animal group, describe the physical chemistry of oxygen, examine the perils and opportunities afforded by the presence of free oxygen radicals, trace the geochronology of oxygen accumulation in the environment and the first adaptations to it, detail the biochemistry of the enzyme system that makes anaerobics possible, survey ancient invertebrate and vertebrate phyla, and puzzle over the dependence of modern animals on anaerobic processes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR booknews.comBook Details
Published
December 1, 1990
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Pages
308
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780412333606