THE UPTAKE AND UTILIZATION OF PHOSPHATE IONS FROM SEA WATER BY THE AMERICAN OYSTER, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA (GMEL.)
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- 1 August 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 107 (1) , 123-129
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1538635
Abstract
In studies using H3PO4 labelled with P32, oysters were found to absorb PO4 ions directly from sea water, principally through the gills. Radioautographs prepared from quick-frozen sections showed no selective concentrations of the labelled P by any tissue during the first 24 hours after uptake. Comparison of the amount of P absorbed with the amount lost through excretion shows that the oyster may obtain significant amounts of P from the PO4 in sea water. A rapid method for preparing radioautographs of gross sections without loss of soluble isotopes is described.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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