00897nam a22001937i 4500008004100000020000900041040000800050082001500058100001900073245005900092260005200151300004500203336002600248337002800274338002700302500002000329520034200349650001200691230524m19801976|||ado|| |||| 001 0 eng d  cpbk.  aGCL  a616.4bBEN10aBentley, P. J.10aComparative vertebrate endocrinology /cP. J. Bentley.  aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c1980.  avii, 415pages :billustrations ;c21 cm.  atext2rdacontentbtxt  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes index.  aFirst published in 1987. The third edition provides a description of hormones in animals and considers their evolution and roles in coordinating bodily functions and the control of calcium, water and salt levels in the body. Information about the hormones is integrated with knowledge of the animal's basic physiology and manner of life.  aZoology