Mammals defend against large changes in extracellular fluid osmolality by making appropriate changes in salt and water ingestion, and by inducing complementary changes in Na + and water excretion by ...

Rudy M. Ortiz, Graham A. J. Worthy and Duncan S. MacKenzie Abstract The Ability of West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris and Trichechus manatus manatus) to inhabit both fresh water and ...

Stern, Eggleston, Hems and Krebs 1 reported that slices of a number of guinea pig tissues swelled in isotonic solutions under anaerobic conditions. They suggested that the fluid balance of living ...

The osmoregulatory response and oxygen consumption rate of the strictly freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium tuxtlaense were measured under different salinity conditions. The goal of these experiments was ...

The ability to maintain physiologic and metabolic functions in response to changes in the salinity of the surrounding environment is critical for microorganisms. How do they do it? Osmotic shock, ...