Description
Animals and Environmental Fitness: Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of Adaptation and Ecology, Volume 2 contains the proceedings of the First Conference of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry held in Liège, Belgium, on August 27-31, 1979. The papers explore the physiology and biochemistry of animal adaptation and ecology and cover topics ranging from amino acid transport and metabolism during osmotic shock to the role of organic compounds in osmoregulation in plants and animals. This volume is comprised of 89 chapters and begins with an analysis of the transport and metabolism of amino acids under osmotic stress, followed by a discussion on cell volume regulation in isolated heart ventricles from the flounder, Platichthys flesus, perfused with anisosmotic media. Subsequent chapters focus on the effects of cholinergic drugs on the osmotic fragility of erythrocytes; strategies of osmoregulation in the fiddler crab Uca pugilator; ionic regulation in the African catfish Clarias mossambicus in water and air; and environmental and endocrine factors controlling osmotic water fluxes in gills of Sarotherodon (tilapia) mossambicus. The effect of seawater adaptation on the phosphatidyl-choline metabolism in the eel is also considered, along with evaporative water loss in anuran amphibians. This book will be of value to zoologists, physiologists, biologists, and biochemists.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Amino Acid Transport and Metabolism During Osmotic Shock in Ehrlich Ascites Tumor Cells Metabolism Pump and Leak Parameters ConclusionChapter 2. Cell Volume Regulation in Isolated Heart Ventricles from the Flounder, Platichthys Flesus, Perfused with Anisosmotic Media ReferencesChapter 3. Effects of Cholinergic Drugs on the Osmotic Fragility of Erythrocytes Materials and Methods Results and Discussion ReferencesChapter 4. Effect of Various Hypo- and Isotonic Salines on the K+ Intracellular Content of Carcinus Maenas Isolated Axons Acknowledgements ReferencesChapter 5. Comparative Role of Organic Compounds in Osmoregulation in Plants and Animals ReferencesChapter 6. Strategies of Osmoregulation in the Fiddler Crab UCA Pugilator: Biochemical Changes in the Membranes of the Gills and Alterations in the Concentration of Sodium in the Hemolymph UCA Pugilator Summary and ConclusionsChapter 7. Fine Structure of Saltabsorbing Epithelium in Gills of the Crab Eriocheir Sinensis Acclimated to Fresh Water ReferencesChapter 8. Lipid Composition of Mitochondrial Fractions Isolated from Perfused Gills of Chinese Crab Eriocheir Sinensis as Related to the Salinity of the Environment Acknowledgements ReferencesChapter 9. Effects of Ouabain and Ethacrynate on Na+ Fluxes Across Isolated Perfused Gills of the Euryhaline Crab Eriocheir Sinenis Acclimated to Fresh Water ReferencesChapter 10. Ionic Regulation in the African Catfish Clarias Mossambicus in Water and in Air References AcknowledgementChapter 11. Chloride Transport by the Gills of the Sea-Water Adapted Eel, Anguilla Anguilla L., In Vivo, Under Controlled Ion Balance ReferencesChapter 12. Environmental and Endocrine Factors Controlling Osmotic Water Fluxes in Gills of Sarotherodon (Tilapia) MossambicusChapter 13. Adenine Nucleotides Content and Metabolic Rate in Trout Gill During Osmotic WorkChapter 14. Effect of Sea Water Adaptation on the Phosphatidyl-Choline Metabolism in the EELChapter 15. Water and Electrolyte Permeability of the Lung-Fish Gill Introduction Tritiated Water and Sodium Effluxes ReferencesChapter 16. Evaporative Water Loss in Anuran Amphibians is not Adaptive ReferencesChapter 17. Electroosmotic Uptake of Water Vapour by Lepisma ReferencesChapter 18. Effects of Environmental Ph on the Sodium and Chloride Influx in an Inhabitant of Acid Waters: The Waterbug Corixa Punctata (ILLIG.) (Insecta, Hemiptera) ReferencesChapter 19. The Respiratory Physiology of Adult Artemia Sauna L. in Relation to Oxygen Availability ReferencesChapter 20. Control of Branchial Blood Flow in the Atlantic CODChapter 21. The Range of Ventilation Mechanisms in Fishes ReferencesChapter 22. Aspects of the Comparative Respiratory Functions of Bloodin Some Wild Birds ReferencesChapter 23. Hemoglobin Proportions in Freshwater of Sea Run and Artificially Landlocked Adult Atlantic Salmon ReferencesChapter 24. The Fine Structure of O2 Hb Binding in AnimalsChapter 25. Oxygenation-Linked Binding of Carbon Dioxide and Allosteric Phosphate Cofactors By Lungfish Hemoglobin ReferencesChapter 26. Comparative Structure and Function of Oniscoidea Hemocyanins (Crustacea,Terrestrial Isopods)Chapter 27. Tissue-Specific Isozymes of Octopine Dehydrogenase from Mantle Muscle and Optic Lobe of Loligo Vulgaris and Octopine Metabolism ReferencesChapter 28. Flexibility in Anaerobic Metabolism in Mytilus Edulis L.I. Organ Specific Differences in Atp-Generating Systems ReferencesChapter 29. Flexibility in Anaerobic Metabolism in Mytilus Edulis L.II. Regulatory Aspects of Glycolysis ReferencesChapter 30. The Influence of Seasonal Changes on Energy Metabolism ReferencesChapter 31. Total Metabolism of Bivalve Molluscs During Transition to AnoxiaChapter 32.
