Overlapping Platelets: A Diffusion Barrier in a Teleost Swimbladder
- 22 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 197 (4301) , 383-384
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.197.4301.383
Abstract
Overlapping platelets are layered within the connective tissue of the wall of a closed (physoclistous) swimbladder. The close, staggered arrangement of the platelets is viewed as a physical barrier that can interfere with the diffusion pathway of gas molecules. The result is a more efficient retention of gas pressures within the swimbladder.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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