Cape Refuge by Terri Blackstock
The originality of this volume is to reveal to the reader the fascination of some unfamiliar sensory organs that are sometimes ignored and often misunderstood. These receptors have only recently been identified and their functional specificity is in some cases still a matter for discussion. The four classes of sensory organs considered here differ widely from one another in many respects. One might even say that the only thing they have in common is that they belong to cold-blooded vertebrates. These classes are: 1. the directionally sensitive lateral-line mechanoreceptors of fishes and amphi- bians (Chapter 7); 2. the pseudobranchial organs of some teleosts, equipped with pressoreceptors and at least three other types of receptors (osmo- and chemoreceptors) (Chapter 8); 3. the infrared-sensitive pit organs of some snake families (Chapter 9); 4. the various kinds of electroreceptors found in several marine and freshwater fish families (Chapters 2 to 6). The first three classes of receptors mentioned above thus rate only one chapter each, whereas five chapters are devoted to the electroreceptors. Electroreception has aroused enormous interest among physiologists in specialties ranging from molecular biology to animal behavior. The resulting quantity of research and discussion fully justifies this disproportion. However, it cannot be denied that the contents of the volume must appear unbalanced and heterogeneous, yet it should not be perceived as a mere juxtaposition of particular and unrelated cases.Terri Blackstock is a New York Times best-selling author who has sold over seven million books worldwide. Intervention, Vicious Cycle, and Downfall are among her award-winning works, as are the Cape Refuge, Newpointe 911, SunCoast Chronicles, and Restoration Series. Terri Blackstock's website is www.terriblackstock.com, and she can be found on Facebook at tblackstock and Twitter at @terriblackstock.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780310605355 |
| ISBN 10 | 0310605350 |
| Title | Cape Refuge |
| Author | Terri Blackstock |
| Series | Cape Refuge |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Zondervan |
| Year published | 2006-03-21 |
| Number of pages | 768 |
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