Impaired Osmoregulation in Infected Salmon, Salmo Salar L.
Euryhaline fishes, such as the salmon and the eel, adapt the osmoregulatory mechanisms of their gills, kidney and intestine so that they retain water while they are in the sea but retain salt while in fresh water (e.g. Krogh, 1939). Thus on entering fresh water the osmotic pressure of plasma in the...
| Published in: | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1974
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400022803 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400022803 |