Abstract

Phosphate compounds in the red blood cells of vertebrates play an important role in modulating haemoglobin function whereby tissue oxygenation is maintained despite changes in both environmental oxygen supply and metabolic demand. Three examples from Gordon Grigg's work on aquatic ectotherms illustrate how our thinking has developed in terms of adaptive responses to seasonal temperature changes, environmental hypoxia, and ontogeny.

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