Osmoregulation and Drinking in Vertebrates presents some of the most exciting recent advances in the area of osmoregulation, from the control of gene expression to whole animal response. In particular, the differences and similarities in the drinking response between a number of vertebrate groups including both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. As such, this volume will be of interest to all those working in the fields of marine and freshwater biology, comparative physiology and endocrinology and molecular biology of ion transporters and water channels.

Kaustubh Mani Sengupta teaches History at Bankura University, India. He obtained his PhD from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He was a post-doctoral fellow for two years at the Transnational Research Group on ‘Poverty and Education in India’ funded by Max Weber Stiftung, Germany. His research focuses on the urban history of South Asia, the early colonial state in India and the history of infrastructure and space.

Tista Das teaches History at Bankura University, India. She obtained her PhD from the Department of History, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. She has been a Junior Research Fellow at the Peace Studies Group, Department of History, University of Calcutta. Her research interests include histories of the Partition of the Indian subcontinent, migration, resettlement and ways and means of reading violence.