Bioengineering Aspects in the Design of Gas Exchangers Comparative Evolutionary, Morphological, Functional, and Molecular Perspectives /

• Main Author: Maina, John N. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Edition: First.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Evolutionary biology.; Animal anatomy.; Animal physiology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.; Animal Physiology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Biochemistry, general.

This book encapsulates over three decades of the author’s work on comparative functional respiratory morphology. It provides insights into the mechanism(s) by which respiratory means and processes originated and advanced to their modern states. Pertinent cross-disciplinary details and facts have bee...

Table of Contents:

• Accretion and Shifts of the Levels of O2 and CO2 in the Biosphere
• Fundamental Principles of Gas Exchangers
• Physicochemical Properties of Respiratory Fluid Media and Gases
• Some Molecular Aspects in the Biology of Respiration
• Functional Designs of the Gas Exchangers.