Vertebrate Gas Exchange

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Respiratory Gas Tensions in the Environment

   • R. G. Boutilier

   Pages 1-13

3. Modeling of Gas Exchange in Lungs, Gills and Skin

   • J. Piiper

   Pages 15-44

4. Recent Advances and Trends in the Comparative Morphometry of Vertebrate Gas Exchange Organs

   • S. F. Perry

   Pages 45-71

5. Morphometric Analysis of Tissue Capillary Supply

   • S. Egginton

   Pages 73-141

6. Hemoglobin Physiology in Vertebrate Animals: a Cautionary Approach to Adaptationist Thinking

   • R. M. G. Wells

   Pages 143-161

7. Kinetics of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Exchange

   • E. R. Swenson

   Pages 163-210

8. Acid-Base Regulation: Interrelationships Between Gaseous and Ionic Exchange

   • N. Heisler

   Pages 211-251

9. Control and Co-Ordination of Gas Exchange in Water Breathers

   • D. Randall

   Pages 253-278

10. Control and Co-Ordination of Gas Exchange in Bimodal Breathers

    • R. G. Boutilier

    Pages 279-345

11. Control and Co-Ordination of Gas Exchange in Air Breathers

    • W. K. Milsom

    Pages 347-400

12. Back Matter

    Pages 401-411

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The structural and chemical limitations to respiratory gas exchange existing between the ambient medium and the cell are comprehensively treated. Beginning with an examination of the natural oscillations of respiratory gases in both terrestrial and aquatic environments, Vertebrate Gas Exchange details the structures involved in convecting the medium (air or water), the morphometrics of capillary gas transfers, and gas transfer kinetics. Important features include details on measurement techniques associated with tissue capillary supply and gas exchange kinetics.

• Beatmung
• Gasaustausch
• Hämoglobin
• Kohlendioxid
• Sauerstoff
• cell
• environment
• respiration
• tissue

• Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

  Robert G. Boutilier

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