The quantitative role of hemocyanin in aerobic respiration of limulus polyphemus

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Abstract
Measurements of the total oxygen content of post‐ and prebranchial blood in Limulus polyphemus indicate that hemocyanin transports less than half of the oxygen consumed in water but almost 90% in air. Half of the increase in hemocyanin function during air exposure is due to the occurrence of a reverse Bohr effect.