Fig. 2. Blood volume depletion in river lampreys acclimated to Kerteminde seawater
at 576 mOsm kg1 (21 p.p.t.). The first blood sample
(pre-volume depletion; open bars) was taken to achieve a 40% decrease in blood
volume and a second sample (post-volume depletion; hatched bars) was collected
after 30 min (N=10), 60 min (N=11) or 90 min (N=7).
Data for (A) haematocrit (%), (B) plasma osmolality (mOsm
kg1) and (C) plasma angiotensin concentrations (pmol
l1) are shown (**P<0.01;
***P<0.001, paired t-tests).