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The Regulation of Cutaneous Gas Exchange in Vertebrates

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Circulation, Respiration, and Metabolism

Part of the book series: Proceedings in Life Sciences ((LIFE SCIENCES))

Abstract

Vertebrates that breathe with lungs or gills can use a variety of mechanisms to regulate the magnitude of respiratory gas exchange. These mechanisms include variation in blood flow to the respiratory organs, variation in ventilation, acclimatory and evolutionary changes in respiratory surface area or the diffusion barrier, and changes in the properties of the blood itself. In concert, these mechanisms maintain relatively constant partial pressures of gases in the blood yet enable overall gas transport to or from the tissues to increase or decrease

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  1. Department of Anatomy and The Committee on Evolutionary Biology, The University of Chicago, 1025 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    M. E. Feder

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA

    W. W. Burggren

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  1. Laboratory of Animal Physiology, University of Liège, 22, Quai Van Beneden, B-4020, Liège, Belgium

    Raymond Gilles

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Feder, M.E., Burggren, W.W. (1985). The Regulation of Cutaneous Gas Exchange in Vertebrates. In: Gilles, R. (eds) Circulation, Respiration, and Metabolism. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70610-3_8

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