Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Kidney

This volume emphasizes the comparative approach to underĀ­ standing vertebrate renal function. I am convinced that this approach is of particular value in understanding both the details of renal function at the cellular and subcellular levels and the renal

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Volume 22

Coordinating Editor: D. S. Farner Editors: W Burggren S. Ishii H. Langer G. Neuweiler D. 1. Randall

Zoophysiology Volumes already published in the series:

Volume 1: P.J. Bentley Endocrines and Osmoregulation Volume 2: L. Irving Arctic Life of Birds and Mammals Volume 3: A. E. Needham The Significance of Zoochromes Volume 4/5: A. C. Neville Biology of the Arthropod Cuticle Volume 6: K. Schmidt-Koenig Migration and Homing in Animals Volume 7: E. Curio The Etology of Predation Volume 8: W. Leuthold African Ungulates Volume 9: E. B. Edney Water Balance in Land Arthropods 1977. XII, 282 p., 109 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-08084-8 Volume 10: H.-U. Thiele Carabid Beetles in Their Environments 1977. XVIII, 370 p., 152 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-08306-5 Volume 11: M.H.A. Keenleyside Diversity and Adaptation in Fish Behaviour 1979. XIII, 205p., 67 figures, cloth ISBN 3-54O-09587-X Volume 12: E. Skadhauge Osmoregulation in Birds 1981. XI, 203 p., 42 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-10546-8 Volume 13: S. Nilsson Autonomic Nerve Function in the Vertebrates 1983. XIV, 253p., 72 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-12124-2 Volume 14: A.D. Hasler Olfactory Imprinting and Homing in Salmon 1983. XIX, 134p., 24 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-12519-1

Volume 15: T. Mann Spermatophores 1984. XII, 218 p., 50 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-13583-9 Volume 16: P. Bouverot Adaptation to Altitude-Hypoxia in Vertebrates 1985. XII, 176p., 34 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-13602-9 Volume 17: R.J.F. Smith The Control of Fish Migration 1985. XV, 243p., 74 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-13707-6 Volume 18: E. Gwinner Circannual Rhythms 1986. XI, 154 p., 73 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-16891-5 Volume 19: J. C. Ruegg Calcium in Muscle Activation 1986. XIV, 300p., 97 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-17117-7 Volume 20: J.-R. Truchot Comparative Aspects of Extracellular Acid-Base Balance 1987. XIV, 248p., 51 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-17941-0 Volume 21: A. Epple and J. E. Brinn The Comparative Physiology of the Pancreatic Islets 1987. IX, 223p., 41 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-18157-1 Volume 22: W. H. Dantzler Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Kidney 1988. X, 198 p., 33 figures, cloth ISBN 3-540-19445-2

William H. Dantzler

Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Kidney With 33 Figures

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo

Professor Dr. WILLIAM H. DANTZLER The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center College of Medicine Department of Physiology Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA

Cover illustration: a modified version of Fig. 2.16, p. 24.

e- ISBN-13: 978-3-642-83521-6 ISBN-13: 978-3-642-83523-0 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-83521-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Dantzler, William H. Comparative physiology of the vertebrate kidney /William H. Dantzler. p. cm. - (Zoophysiology; v. 21) Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN-13:978-3-642-83523-0 (U.S.) 1. Kidneys - Physiology. 2. Physiology, Comparative. I. Title. II. Series. QP294.D36 1988 596'.0149-