RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Osmoregulation in Some Freshwater Prawns
JF Journal of Experimental Biology
JO J. Exp. Biol.
FD The Company of Biologists Ltd
SP 417
OP 423
VO 34
IS 3
A1 PARRY, GWYNETH
YR 1957
UL http://jeb.biologists.org/content/34/3/417.abstract
AB I. A freshwater prawn, Palaemonetes antennarius, from Italy, is shown to have a different level of salt concentration in the blood and urine compared with that of the brackish water P. varians and Palaemon longirostris in Britain. 2. Although this prawn lives in fresh water the urine is isosmotic with the blood and is produced at a rate of about 2% body weight/hr. 3. An uptake of salte from a very dilute medium has been demonstrated in saltdepleted animals