Author: GILLES, R. ed.
Title: Animals and Environmental Fitness: Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of Adaptation and Ecology. Volume 1: Invited Lectures. Volume 2: Abstracts.
Description: Pergamon Press, 1980. Hardcovers. Two vols. Ex-library, o/;wise good (no markings to text). No dj's. Topics include water availability - osmoregulation; oxygen availability - aerobiosis - anaerobiosis; ecomones; pollutants; light; pressure and temperature. Includes papers on Cell Volume Control as Studies in Crustacean Tissues; Enzyme Regulation, Metabolic Rate and Acid-Base State in Hibernation; Biological Antifreezes and Survival in Freezing Environments; The Maintenance of Energy Balance in Marine Invertebrates Exposed to Changes in Environmental Temperature; The Tolerance of Animals to Pressure; Pressure Mediated Osmoregulatory Processes and Pressure Sensing Mechanism; Chemoreceptors in Arthropods: Sensory Physiology and Ecological Chemistry; Hibernation and Membrane Function in Reptiles; Phospholipids and Membrane Function during Temperature Adaptation etc. 619pp; 186pp. ISBN 0080249388 & 0080249396.

Keywords: biology ecology evolution ecological adaptation environment environmental