Thesis
Spider tracheaton
- Alternative title:
- its behavioural and physiological consequences
- Abstract:
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The problem of why spiders possess two types of respiratory structure, book-lungs and tracheae, was investigated.
The tracheal systems of a number of species of spider were visualized using a vacuum-injection method. A new technique for dissolving the soft-tissues of spiders, whilst leaving the tracheae unharmed, is described. Photographs and line-drawings illustrate a var...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1987
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602817748
- Source identifiers:
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602817748
- Deposit date:
- 2013-06-22
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Clive Bromhall
- Copyright date:
- 1987
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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