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Journal of Experimental Biology 147,125-132 (1989)
Published by Company of Biologists 1989

A Study of Diffusional Permeability of Water, Sodium and Chloride in Yolk-Sac Larvae of Cod (Gadus Morhua L.)

PETER TYTLER ¹ and MICHAEL V. BELL ²

¹ School of Molecular and Biological Science, Univeristy of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
² NERC Unit of Aquatic Biochemistry, Univeristy of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK

1. The fluxes of ³H₂O, ²²Na and ³⁶Cl were simultaneously measured in yolk-sac larvae of cod (Gadus morhua L.) in 34 sea water at 4.5°C.

2. The rates of turnover of all three isotopes were higher than in adult fish. Diffusional permeability coefficients, which relate ion fluxes to surface area, were however lower, indicating that larvae are less permeable than adults. Furthermore, there is close agreement between the diffusional and osmotic permeability coefficients, which supports a previous hypothesis that relatively low drinking rates in marine fish larvae are a consequence of low integumental permeability.

3. Estimates of the sodium and chloride concentrations derived from the equilibrium levels of ²²Na, ³⁶Cl and ³H₂O indicate that yolk-sac larvae of cod regulate their body fluids hypotonic to sea water. Also, the ionic concentrations of the tissues of yolk-sac cod larvae are similar to those of adults.

Key words: fish larvae, permeability, ion fluxes

Accepted on June 9, 1989

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