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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
John R B Lighton |
| ISBN: | 9780195310610 0195310616 |
| OCLC Number: | 263427474 |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Description: | XIII, 201 S. graph. Darst. |
| Contents: | Chapter 1 A Brief History of Metabolic Measurement; Chapter 2 Constant Volume and Constant Pressure Respirometry; Chapter 3 Coulometric Respirometry; Chapter 4 Constant Volume Techniques Using Gas Analysis; Chapter 5 Aquatic Oxygen Analysis; Chapter 6 Direct Calorimetry; Chapter 7 Measuring Field Metabolic Rates; Chapter 8 Flowthrough Respirometry: Overview; Chapter 9 Flowthrough Respirometry: The Equations; Chapter 10 Flowthrough Respirometry Using Incurrent Flow Measurement; Chapter 11 Flowthrough Respirometry Using Excurrent Flow Measurement; Chapter 12 Validating Flowthrough Respirometry; Chapter 13 Metabolic Data Analysis and Presentation; Chapter 14 The Varieties Of Gas Analyzers; Chapter 15 The Varieties Of Flow Meters; Chapter 16 The Varieties Of Activity Detectors; Chapter 17 The Varieties Of Scrubbers, Tubing And Tubing Connectors; Appendix; Footnotes |
| Responsibility: | John R. B. Lighton |
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The information is a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge, bringing together methods used in animal physiology, environmental biophysics and biomechanics into one volume. Indeed, this fulfils the ultimate aim of a biology methods book: to provide a thorough explanation of how the methods should be used, while also explaining why they work and how to interpret results. British Ecological Society Read more...
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