Electronic Resource
Springer
Journal of comparative physiology
166 (1996), S. 215-222
ISSN:
1432-136X
Keywords:
Osmoregulation
;
Ostracoda
;
Carapace
;
Ion transporting cells
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract All ostracods that inhabit inland waters are osmoregulators. Freshwater ostracods must be hyperosmotic regulators while ostracods that live in hyperhaline water are hypoosmotic regulators. Some euryhaline species are hypoosmotic regulators in salinities above 8 g·l-1 and hyperosmotic below. Hyperosmotic regulation in ostracods is partly dependent on salt consumed in the food but hypoosmotic regulation is dependent on the excretion of salt brought about by special cells located on the inside of the carapace.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00263985
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