Surviving Hypoxia

Volume Overview: Defense and Adaptational Strategies (P.W. Hochachka, P.L. Lutz, T. Sick, M. Rosenthal, and G. van den Thillart). ADVANTAGEOUS BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS. BIOENERGETIC ADVANTAGES. Intracellular Reactions Controlling Environmental Anaerobiosis in the Marine Annelid Arenicola marina, a Fresh Look at Old Pathways (G. Kamp). Aerobic and Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in the Life Cycle of Parasitic Helminths (A.G.M. Tielens and S.G. van den Bergh). Energy Metabolism of Invertebrate Erythrocytes: Anaerobic Metabolism of Blood Clams (A. de Zwaan and P. Cortesi). Rice and Wheat Seedlings as Plant Models of High and Low Tolerance to Anoxia (F. Menegus, L. Cattaruzza, H. Molinari, and E. Ragg). In Vivo Proton NMR of the Brain (W.M.M.J. Bovee, J. van Dijk, H. Slotboom, D. Bosman, and R.A.F.M. Chamuleau). EFFICIENCY ADVANTAGES. Efficiency and Power Strategies Under Hypoxia. Is Low Efficiency at High Glycolitic ATP Production a Paradox? (E. Gnaiger). Effects of Thyroid Hormone on the Energetic Efficiency of Muscle Contraction (C. van Hardeveld and W.S. Simonides). Adaptability of Metabolic Efficiencies Under Chronic Hypoxia in Man (P.W. Hochachka). pH ADVANTAGES. Multicompartmental Analyses of Acid-Base and Metabolic Homeostasis during Anaerobiosis: Invertebrate and Lower Vertebrate Examples (H-O Portner). Ethanol Formation and pH Regulation in Fish (A. van Waarde, G. van den Thillart, and M. Verhagen). pHi and Anabolic Arrest during Anoxia in Artemia franciscana Embryos (S.H. Hand). Interaction between Cytoplasmic Fermentation Reactions and Transport of Protons between Cytoplasm and Vacuoles (J.K.M. Roberts). pH and Metabolic Depression in Mammalian Hibernation. The Example of Brown Adipose Tissue (A. Malan). HYPOXIA DEFENSE AND CONTROL SYSTEMS. Environmental and Exercise Anaerobiosis in Frogs (G. Wegener and U. Krause). The Role of Metabolic Acidosis in the Buffering of ATP by Phosphagen Stores in Fish: An In Vivo NMR Study (G. van den Thillart and A. van Waarde). Molec