salinity
- Drivers of plasticity in freeze tolerance in the intertidal mussel Mytilus trossulus
Summary: Plasticity in freeze tolerance in an intertidal mussel is correlated with an accumulation of osmolytes, supporting the hypothesis that osmolytes are important cryoprotectants in intertidal invertebrates.
- Cortisol is an osmoregulatory and glucose-regulating hormone in Atlantic sturgeon, a basal ray-finned fish
Summary: Cortisol increases during exposure to seawater and exogenous cortisol upregulates gill NKA, NKCC and H+-ATPase and plasma glucose in sturgeon; thus, cortisol is a key osmoregulatory and glucocorticoid hormone in chondrosteans.
- Exposure to seawater increases intestinal motility in euryhaline rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Summary: Intestinal contractile activity of euryhaline teleosts dramatically increases when in seawater to optimise intestinal ion and water absorption, which is most likely necessary to maintain osmotic homeostasis.
- Salt sensitivity of the morphometry of Artemia franciscana during development: a demonstration of 3D critical windows
Summary: A novel 3D critical window construct reveals how morphometry of Artemia is influenced by salinity level and the time of salinity exposure during development.