Edited by John R. Speakman Cambridge University Press 2001 FROM THE BACK COVER In recent years there have been substantial developments in the methodologies available for the non-destructive and noninvasive measurement of body composition in animals. By bringing together in a single volume a mix of traditional and well-established analytical methods with more modern techniques, Body Composition Analysis: A Handbook of Non-Destructive Methods provides a theoretical overview of different methodologies combined with practical advice on the use of these techniques. Methods covered include the use of destructive methods of analysis, body condition indices, isotope and gas dilution methods, total body electrical conductivity, bioimpedance analysis, ultrasound scanning and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. Aimed at active research workers from undergraduate level upwards, this book will be of particular interest to those working in the fields of animal ecology, conservation biology, animal nutrition and physiology. John R. Speakman is Professor of Zoology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Head of the Division of Appetite and Energy Balance at the Rowett Institute, also in Aberdeen. He is a leading figure in the field of animal energetics. His research interests include the causes and consequences of variation in energy expenditure of a wide range of animals from bats and other small mammals to dolphins and turtles. In 1996 he received the Zoological Society of London Scientific Medal for his work on energetics and in 2000 was a Royal Society Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow. CONTENTS List of contributors vii Preface ix Acknowledgements x Introduction 1 John R. Speakman 1. Morphological indicators of body condition: useful or wishful thinking? 8 Jack P. Hayes and J. Scott Shonkwiler 2. Standard methods for destructive body composition analysis 39 D. Scott Reynolds and Thomas H. Kunz 3. The isotope dilution method for the evaluation of body composition 56 John R. Speakman, George H. Visser, Sally Ward and Elzbieta Krol 4. Gas dilution methods: elimination and absorption of lipid-soluble gases 99 Brian T. Henen 5. The use of total body electrical conductivity (TOBEC) to determine body composition in vertebrates 127 Ian Scott, Colin Selman, P. Ian Mitchell and Peter R. Evans 6. The use of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) for estimation of body composition 161 Wouter D. Van Marken Lichtenbelt 7. The assessment of body composition and other parameters by ultrasound scanning 188 J. Matthias Starck, Maurine W. Dietz and Theunis Piersma 8. The use of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for the measurement of body composition 211 Timothy R. Nagy Index 230 Author citation 230 Taxon 235 Subject 237 WHERE TO ORDER Cambridge University Press 40 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011-4211, USA Phone: 1-800-872-7423 Fax: 914-937-4712 Web site: http://www.cambridge.org Price: $75.00 (Hardbound) ISBN: 0-521-66338-5 Posted Date: 10-01-02
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