Author: Michael Warburg
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642603572
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A description of the structural and functional adaptations of the key organs such as skin, kidneys, bladder, lungs and ovaries, with special emphasis placed on physiological adaptations: water, electrolyte, nitrogen, and thermal balance and their endocrine control. One whole chapter devoted to ecological aspects covers such exciting topics as development and metamorphosis, larval competition for food resources, and reproductive strategies.