Chang, Ernest S.

Physiology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (545 pages) - The Natural History of the Crustacea Series . - The Natural History of the Crustacea Series .

Cover -- Series -- Physiology -- Copyright -- Contents -- Color Plates -- 1 Endocrinology of Molting -- 2 Endocrinology of Metabolism and Water Balance: Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone -- 3 Adaptive Color Change and the Molecular Endocrinology of Pigment Translocation in Crustacean Chromatophores -- 4 Muscle Structure, Fiber Types, and Physiology -- 5 Skeletal Muscle Differentiation, Growth, and Plasticity -- 6 Regeneration in Crustaceans -- 7 Circulatory Physiology -- 8 Osmoregulation and Excretion -- 9 Nutrition and Digestion -- 10 Responses to Environmental Stresses: Oxygen, Temperature, and pH -- 11 Oxygen Transport Proteins in Crustacea: Hemocyanin and Hemoglobin -- 12 Energetics and Metabolic Regulation -- 13 Crustacean Genomics and Functional Genomic Responses to Environmental Stress and Infection -- 14 Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals -- 15 Some Physiological Responses of Crustaceans to Toxicants -- Index.

The first comprehensive overview of comparative physiology of crustaceans in two decades, bringing crustacean biology up to the 21st century.

9780199832422


Crustacea - Physiology.


Electronic books.

QL435 -- .P497 2015eb

571.153