INDEX. 



ABSORBERS for carbon dioxide, 29, 23, 41. 



for water vapour, 29, 33. 

 Absorption, coefficients for gases in water, 48. 

 Acclimatization to high temperatures, 101. 

 Acetone, exchange of, 55. 



Acids, influence on metabolism, 71. 



Acinus' 1 eggs, metabolism, 145. 



optimum temperature of development, 



3- 



Actinia, influence of temperature on respira- 

 tory exchange, 100. 



" Active protoplasmic tissue" and meta- 

 bolism, 118, 134. 



Adrenaline, influence on metabolism, 72. 



Age, variation of metabolism with, 117. 



Air circulators, 26, 28, 34. 



Alanine, influence on metabolism, 72. 



Alkali, influence on metabolism, 71. 



Alligator, influence of temperature on respir- 

 atory exchange, 102. 



respiratory exchange, 147. 

 Amblystoma, influence of temperature on 



respiratory exchange, 85. 

 Amines in expired air, 54. 

 Amino acids, influence on metabolism, 71. 



in urine during hibernation, 128. 



Ammonia, respiratory exchange of, 54. 

 Amphibia, respiratory exchange, 147. 

 Amphioxus, acclimatization to high tempera- 

 tures, 101. 



influence of temperature on respiratory 



exchange, 90. 

 respiratory exchange, 144, 147. 



Anaerobiosis, 82. 



Analysis of dissolved oxygen and carbon di- 

 oxide, 48-49. 



of gases, 31, 34. 



Anemonia, influence of oxygen pressure on 

 respiratory exchange, 79. 



Anguilla, respiratory exchange, 147. 



Anguis, influence of temperature on respir- 

 atory exchange, 85. 

 - respiratory exchange, 147. 



Animal chambers for respiration apparatus, 



-- 27, 28, 36. 



Apis, influence of temperature on respiratory 

 exchange, 90. 



respiratory exchange, 148. 



Aplysia, caloric quotient of oxygen for eggs 

 of, 13. 



influence of oxygen pressure on respir- 



atory exchange, 78. 



respiratory exchange, 148. 



Arbacia, caloric quotient of oxygen for eggs 

 of, 13. 



influence of temperature on respiratory 



exchange of eggs, 106. 



metabolism of eggs, 145. 



Arrhenius' formula for influence of tempera- 

 ture on reactions, 97. 



d'Arsonval currents, influence on respiratory 

 exchange of, 103. 



Artificial respiration apparatus, 46. 



influence on respiratory exchange, 



17- 



Ascaris, anaerobic metabolism, 82. 

 Ascidia, size and metabolism, 138. 



respiratory exchange, 149. 



BACTERIA, a source of error in aquatic res- 

 piration experiments, 49. 



Bags for gases, 43. 



Basal metabolism, 57. 



Baths, influence on metabolism, 72. 



Bats, hibernation, 125. 



Bee-cluster, heat regulating mechanism, 91. 



Bees, influence of temperature on respiratory 

 exchange, 90. 



Bero'e, influence of temperature on respiratory 

 exchange, 90. 



respiratory exchange, 144. 



size and metabolism, 138. 

 Bettongia, respiratory exchange, 141. 

 Biocalorimetry, 9. 



Blower, rotary, 28. 



Body temperature of warm-blooded animals, 



141. 

 Bombyx, chrysalides and eggs, metabolism, 



145. 



respiratory exchange, 148. 



Breeding variations in respiratory exchange, 



123. 

 Bufo, influence of temperature on respiratory 



exchange, 85. 



CAGE, recording, 15. 



Calculation of respiration experiments, 19, 24, 



38. 



Calliphora, anaerobic processes in tissues, 83. 

 Caloric equivalent of oxygen and carbon 

 dioxide, 10. 



quotient of oxygen, 13. 

 Calorimetry, direct and indirect, 9, 11-13. 

 Carbohydrates, formation of from proteins or 



fats, 8, 127. 



respiratory quotient of, 5. 



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