Exchange of water between the harbor porpoise,Phocoena phocoena, and the environment
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 39 (1) , 52-53
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01960622
Abstract
During determination of total body water and net water turnover in the harbor porpoise,Phocoena phocoena, it was demonstrated that the porpoise exchanged water with an isosmotic environment by way of free diffusion and with hypo- or hyperosmotic environment by way of osmosis.Keywords
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