Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:

Water and Ions (L. Kirschner).

Temperature (C. Prosser).

Hydrostatic Pressure and Adaptations to the Deep Sea (G.Somero).

Feeding and Digestion (C. Prosser).

Nutrition (J. Morris).

Excretory Nitrogen Metabolism (J. Campbell).

Design of Energy Metabolism (P. Hochachka).

Respiration and Metabolism (W. Burggren & J. Roberts).

Respiratory Functions of Blood (W. Burggren, et al.).

Circulation of Body Fluids (A. Farrell).

Index.

About the Author

Dr. Clifford Ladd Prosser was an American physiologist focused on research of comparative physiology of animals.