INDEX 



Absorption coefficients for gases, 1 1 

 Air-sacs, 63, 7 Iff., 126, 127 

 Air stores, gill function of, 134ff. 

 Anaerobiosis, 8 



Blood, 88ff. 



— , dissociation curves, 95ff., 110 



— , , adaptation to high altitudes, 



lOOff. 



— , -, foetal, 99 



— , , in variable environments, 



102ff. 

 — , oxygen capacity of, 79, 81, 94, 95, 



110, 111, 112 

 — , supply of respiratory organs, 42, 



50, 51 

 — , transport capacity for COe, 89ff., 



114 



— , 2 , 93ff., 112 



Branchial respiration, see Gills 



Caisson disease, 85ff. 

 Carbon dioxide in air, 9ff. 



waters, 15, 105 



, action on spiracles, 58 



, respiratory movements, 



65, 131 



, convection transport, 88ff., 114 



, diffusion transport, 20 



, dissociation curves in blood, 



90-91 

 , influence on GVaffinity of 



blood, 96ff., 105 

 , insensitivity to CO> in divers, 



61, 81 



, tension in water, 16, 106, 143 



Carbon monoxide, diffusion in lungs, 



19, 64, 67 



, haemoglobin, 103-104 



Carbonic anhydrase, 92-93 

 Chlorocruorin, 93, 1 1 1 

 Circulation rate, in divers, 84 



, at high altitudes, 101 



, during work, 1 1 3 



Counter-current flow, 39 



Cutaneous respiration, 21ff., 53, 140 

 , accessory, 54, 79 



Dead space of air passages, 75, 86, 87 



in trachea?, 1 28 



Diffusion coefficients, 18, 20 



— , lungs, 55ff. 



— , respiration, 18, 21 ff., 53 



Diving, 78ff. 



— , behaviour of animals in, 81 



Dyspnoea, 37, 60, 74 



Evaporation regulation, 52, 59, 76, 

 120-121 



Flight preparation (in insects), 129 

 — , respiration during, 77, 129ff. 



Gas tensions, definition, 12 



, of CO2 in water, 16, 106, 143 



, loading and unloading, 96ff. 



, relations of, to quantities, 88 



Gills, 3 Iff. 



— , definition, 27 



— , for air breathing, 44, 46ff., 54, 143 



— , in cavity, 34ff. 



— , influence of O2 concentration on 



development of, 33 

 — , surface measurements, 42, 140 

 — , respiration regulation in, 42, 106 

 — , tracheal, 139ff. 

 — , ventilation cost, 41 

 — , — coupled to locomotion, 38, 140 

 — , — mechanisms, 35ff. 



Heat regulation, 66, 76, 78 



, during work, 7 



Haemerythrin, 93, 111 

 Haemocyanin, 93, 109ff. 

 Haemoglobin, 93ff. 

 — , in muscles, 81, 102, 106 

 — , oxygen affinity of, 30 

 — , as oxygen store, 106ff. 



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