TY - BOOK AU - Hoar, William S. TI - General and comparative physiology SN - 0876923378 U1 - 591.1 PY - 1991/// CY - New Delhi PB - Prentice Hall KW - Zoology N1 - The animal and its environment; The transformation of energy; Traffic through living barriers; Excitability of cell membranes; Homeostatic mechanisms; Receptor mechanisms; Photoreception; Nervous integration; The physiology of movement; Electrical discharge, light production and color changes; Nutrition and digestion; Body fluids and their circulation; The exchange of gases; Oxygen availability: metabolic and respiratory responses; Excretion; Osmotic and ionic regulation; Temperature; Reproduction; Endocrine regulation reproduction; Growth and development ER -