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Oxygen consumption and osmoregulation in the shanny, Blennius pholis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. Milton
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, University of Reading

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INTRODUCTION

It is well known that littoral teleosts, such as Blennius pholis, are on occasions subjected to considerable and abrupt variations in the salinity of their environment. Smith (1930) constructed a tentative model of the processes involved in the osmoregulation of teleosts; quantification of the various components of the Smith model has been extensive, but little attention has been paid to the respiratory stresses undergone by teleosts in fluctuating salinities.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1971

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