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Texts in Various Biological Systems

It is important to remind is of the vast literature on transport phenomena as applied to biological systems. Below is only a partial list of books that deal with transport phenomena in various biological and related systems. For general information on heat transfer resources, see here.

  • Mammalian Systems
    • Berger, S. A., W. Goldsmith, and E. R. Lewis. 1996. Introduction to Bioengineering. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
    • Charny, C. K. 1992. Mathematical models of bioheat transfer. Advances in Heat Transfer 22:19-153.
    • Cooney, D. O. 1976. Biomedical Engineering Principles. An Introduction to Fluid, Heat and Mass Transport Processes. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.
    • Evans, D. H. 1998. The Physiology of Fishes. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
    • Fanger, P. O. 1972. Thermal Comfort: Analysis and Applications in Environmental Engineering. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.
    • Fournier, R. L. 1998. Basic Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering. Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • Lightfoot, E. N. 1974. Transport Phenomena in Living Systems. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
    • Lih, M. M. 1975. Transport Phenomena in Medicine and Biology. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
    • Middleman, S. 1972. Transport Phenomena in the Cardiovascular System. Wiley-Interscience.
    • Shitzer, A. and R. C. Eberhart. 1985. Heat Transfer in Medicine and Biology: Analysis and Applications. Plenum Press, New York.
    • Weiss, T. F. 1996. Cellular Biophysics. Volume 1: Transport. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    • Yang, W. 1989. Biothermal-Fluid Sciences. Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, New York.
  • Plant Systems
    • Buchanan, B., W. Gruissem, and R. L. Jones. 2000. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants (Chapters 3, 15 and 23). American Society of Plant Biologists, Rockville, MD.
    • Cundiff, J. S. 1999. Simulation of biological systems. Coursenotes for BSE 4144, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia.
    • Flowers, T. J. and A. R. Yeo. 1992. Solute Transport in Plants. Blackie Academic \& Professional, London.
    • Marschner, H. 1995. Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants. Academic Press, San Diego.
    • Merva, G. E. 1995. Physical Principles of the Plant Biosystem. American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, MI.
    • Nobel, P. S. 1999. {\it Physiochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology. Academic Press, San Diego.
    • Siau, J. F. 1984. Transport Processes in Wood. Springer-Verlag, New York.
  • Industrial Food and Biological Processing
    • Bailey, O. E. and D. F. Ollis. 1986. Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals. McGraw-Hill, New York.
    • Gekas, V. 1992. Transport Phenomena of Foods and Biological Materials. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
    • Hallström, B., C. Skjöldebrand, and C. Tragardh. 1987. Heat Transfer and Food Products. Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Ltd., Barking, Essex, England
    • Heldman, D. R. and R. P. Singh. 1981. Food Process Engineering. AVI Publishing, Westport, Conn.
    • Heldman, D. R. and D. B. Lund. 1992. Handbook of Food Engineering. Marcel Dekker, New York.
    • Johnson, A. 1999. Biological Process Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
    • Mujumdar, A. S. 1987. Handbook of Industrial Drying. Marcel Dekker, New York.
  • Bioenvironmental system
    • Brutsaert, W. 1982. Evaporation into the Atmosphere: Theory, History and Applications. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.
    • Campbell, G. S. 1985. Soil Physics with Basic Transport Models for Soil-Plant Systems. Developments in Soil Science. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam.
    • Clark, M. M. 1996. Transport Modeling for Environmental Engineers and Scientists. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.
    • Ghildyal, B. P. and R. P. Tripathi. 1987. Soil Physics. Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi, India.
    • Hillel, D. 1980. Movement of Solutes and Soil Salinity. Fundamentals of Soil Physics. Academic Press, New York.
    • Jumikis, A. R. 1966. Thermal Soil Mechanics. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J.
    • Loucks, D. P., J. R. Stedinger, and D. A Haith. 1981. Water quality prediction and simulation. In: Water Resource Systems Planning and Analysis. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
    • Monteith, J. L. and M. H. Unsworth. 1990. Principles of Environmental Physics. Edward Arnold, New York.
    • Neprin, S. V. and A. F. Chudnovskii. 1984. Heat and Mass Transfer in the Plant-Soil-Air System. Oxonian Press Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India.
    • Schnoor, J. L. 1996. Environmental Modeling: Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air and Soil. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
    • Stern, A. C. 1976. Air Pollution, 3rd Ed., Vol. I. Academic Press, New York.
    • Thibodeaux, L. J. 1979. Chemodynamics: Environmental Movement of Chemicals in Air, Water, and Soil. John Wiley & Sons, New York.

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