By R. G. Boutilier (auth.), Dr. Robert G. Boutilier (eds.)
The structural and chemical boundaries to respiration fuel trade latest among the ambient medium and the mobile are comprehensively handled. starting with an exam of the ordinary oscillations of respiration gases in either terrestrial and aquatic environments, Vertebrate fuel Exchange information the buildings enthusiastic about convecting the medium (air or water), the morphometrics of capillary gasoline transfers, and fuel move kinetics. very important beneficial properties comprise information on size suggestions linked to tissue capillary offer and fuel alternate kinetics.
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Respir Physiol 13:292-304 Piiper J, Gatz RN, Crawford EC Jr (1976) Gas transport characteristics in an exclusively skinbreathing salamander, Desmognathusfuscus (Plethodontidae). In: Hughes GM (ed) Respiration of amphibious vertebrates. Academic Press, New York, pp339-356 Piiper J, Meyer M, Marconi C, Scheid P (1980) Alveolar-capillary equilibration kinetics of 13C02 in human lungs studied by rebreathing. Respir Physiol 42:29-41 Piiper J, Scheid P, Perry SF, Hughes GM (1986) Effective and morphometric oxygen-diffusing capacity of the gills of the elasmobranch Scyliorhinus stellaris.
1 Scaling................................................................. 2 New Methods ........................................................... References ................................................................... " Both the morphologist and the physiologist are addressing the oxygen diffusing capacity of the gas exchange organ, and each can answer the question in his own way. For the physiologist, oxygen diffusing capacity (Do) - the physical capaci2 ty for oxygen transfer per unit time and driving pressure (Dejours 1981) - is most Universitat Oldenburg, D-2900 Oldenburg, FRG Present address: Respiratory Physiology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4Nl 1 2 Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology Vol.
Respir Physiol 9:246-262 Scheid P, Piiper 1 (1971) Theoretical analysis of respiratory gas equilibration in water passing through fish gills. Respir Physiol 13 :305 - 318 Scheid P, Piiper 1 (1980a) Intrapulmonary gas mixing and stratification. In: West IB (ed) Pulmonary Gas Exchange, voIr. Ventilation, Blood Flow, and Diffusion. Academic Press, New York, pp 87 -130 Scheid P, Piiper 1 (1980b) Blood-gas equilibrium of carbon dioxide in lungs. A review. Respir Physiol 39:1- 31 Scheid P, Hook C, Piiper 1 (1986) Model for analysis of counter-current gas transfer in fish gills.