Wilbur / Yonge Physiology of Mollusca

Volume II
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-7585-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 660 Seiten, Web PDF

Physiology of Mollusca, Volume II focuses on the physiology of mollusks, as well as feeding, digestion, mechanics of the heart, metabolism, and pigmentation. The selection first offers information on feeding and digestion, including Amphineura, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, anatomy of the gut, movement of food, and digestive diverticula. The text then elaborates on feeding and digestion in cephalopods and heart, circulation, and blood cells. Discussions focus on food and feeding, mechanics of heart and circulation, control of the heart, cardioregulatory substances, and blood cells. The publication considers respiration, molluscan hemoglobin and myoglobin, and molluscan hemocyanins. The text then examines the pigmentation of mollusks, carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism, physiology of the nervous system, and sense organs. Topics include indole pigments, sugar and polysaccharides, metabolism of nitrogenous compounds, terminal products of nitrogen metabolism in mollusks, and synaptic transmission. The selection is a dependable reference for readers interested in the physiology of mollusks.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilbur, Karl M.

Yonge, C. M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Physiology of Mollusca;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;10
5;Contributors;6
6;Preface;8
7;Contents of Volume I;14
8;Chapter 1. Feeding;16
8.1;I. Gastropoda;16
8.2;II. Amphineura;40
8.3;III. Scaphopoda;42
8.4;IV. Bivalvia;44
8.5;References;58
9;Chapter 2. Digestion;68
9.1;I. Anatomy of the Gut;68
9.2;II. Movement of Food;76
9.3;III. Digestion;80
9.4;IV. The Digestive Diverticula;93
9.5;V. Amoebocytes;99
9.6;VI. Symbiosis with Unicellular Algae;101
9.7;References;103
10;Chapter 3. Feeding and Digestion in Cephalopods;112
10.1;I. Food and Feeding;112
10.2;II. Digestion;118
10.3;III. Summary;136
10.4;References;137
11;Chapter 4. Heart, Circulation, and Blood Cells;140
11.1;I. Introduction;141
11.2;II. Mechanics of Heart and Circulation;149
11.3;III. Physiology of Molluscan Cardiac Tissue;153
11.4;IV. Control of the Heart;156
11.5;V. Cardioregulatory Substances;165
11.6;VI. Pharmacology of Hearts;171
11.7;VII. Blood Cells;177
11.8;VIII. Summary and Conclusions;180
11.9;References;181
12;Chapter 5. Respiration;190
12.1;I. Types of Respiratory Systems;190
12.2;II. Oxygen Consumption;209
12.3;References;218
13;Chapter 6. Molluscan Hemoglobin and Myoglobin;224
13.1;I. Function of Hemoglobin in Molluscs;224
13.2;II. Distribution of Hemoglobin;226
13.3;III. Cellular and Intracellular Distribution of Hemoglobin;232
13.4;IV. Hemoglobin Content and Its Variations;232
13.5;V. Chemical Properties of Molluscan Hemoglobins;233
13.6;Addendum;242
13.7;Acknowledgments
;242
13.8;References;242
13.9;Note Added in Proof;246
14;Chapter 7. Molluscan Hemocyanins;248
14.1;I. General;248
14.2;II. Function;249
14.3;III. Preparation;251
14.4;IV. Physical Properties;252
14.5;V. Chemical Properties;256
14.6;VI. The Active Site and the Oxygenation Reaction;257
14.7;References;260
15;Chapter 8. Pigmentation of Molluscs;264
15.1;Part 1. Schemochromes or Structural Colors;264
15.2;Part 2. Biochromes or True Pigments;265
15.3;I. Carotenoids;265
15.4;II. Indole Pigments;271
15.5;III. Tetrapyrroles;276
15.6;IV. Miscellaneous;284
15.7;References;287
16;Chapter 9. Carbohydrate Metabolism;290
16.1;I. Sugar and Polysaccharides;290
16.2;II. Pathways of Carbohydrate Metabolism;309
16.3;References;317
17;Chapter 10. Nitrogen Metabolism;324
17.1;I. Nitrogenous Constituents of Molluscan Organisms;324
17.2;II. The Metabolism of Nitrogenous Compounds;336
17.3;III. Nitrogenous Compounds in Osmotic Regulation;348
17.4;IV. Terminal Products of Nitrogen Metabolism in Molluscs;352
17.5;References;358
18;Chapter 11. Excretion;368
18.1;I. Introduction;368
18.2;II. Processes in Urine Formation;371
18.3;III. Systematic Survey of the Phylum;377
18.4;IV. Summary;396
18.5;References;397
19;Chapter 12. Physiology of the Nervous System;402
19.1;I. Introduction;402
19.2;II. Structure of the Neuron;403
19.3;III. Properties of Excitable Structures;408
19.4;IV. Synaptic Transmission;420
19.5;V. Integration and Plasticity at the Neuronal Level;433
19.6;VI. Activity and Organization at the Ganglionic Level;442
19.7;VII. Learning in Mollusca Other Than Cephalopods;452
19.8;References;456
20;Chapter 13. Sense Organs (less Cephalopods);470
20.1;I. Introduction;470
20.2;II. Photoreception;471
20.3;III. Mechanoreception;506
20.4;IV. Chemoreception;514
20.5;V. Perception of Other Stimuli;525
20.6;References;526
21;Chapter 14. Cephalopod Sense Organs;538
21.1;I. Introduction;538
21.2;II. Internal Receptors;539
21.3;III. External Contact Receptors;544
21.4;IV. Eyes;547
21.5;References;557
22;Chapter 15. The Brain and Behavior of Cephalopods;562
22.1;I. Introduction;562
22.2;II. The Structure of the Brain of Cephalopods;563
22.3;III. A Note on the Behavior of Octopuses under Laboratory Conditions;566
22.4;IV. Brain Lesions Affecting Movement and Posture;567
22.5;V. Visual Learning;568
22.6;VI. Tactile Learning;580
22.7;VII. Proprioception and its Role in the Discrimination of Things Seen or Touched;587
22.8;VIII. The Brains of Cephalopods Other Than Octopus;592
22.9;IX. The Behavior of Cephalopods, Other Than in Training Experiments;596
22.10;X. The Brain and Behavior of Nautilus;599
22.11;References;601
23;AUTHOR INDEX;606
24;SUBJECT INDEX;624
25;SYSTEMATIC INDEX;648