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Eriocheir maintains hypotonicity by active processes in normal and concentrated sea water up to concentrations of 45 0/00.
Mytilus follows passively changes in salinity down to the lowest compatible with life.
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Faculty Fellow of Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1938.
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Conklin, R.E., Krogh, A. A note on the osmotic behaviour of Eriocheir in concentrated and Mytilus in dilute sea water. Z. Vergl. Physiol. 26, 239–241 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00593037
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