Influence of swimming activity on sodium and water balance in the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri).
The permeability of the teleost branchial exchanger to oxygen and carbon dioxide is apparently enhanced during exercise by increased blood perfusion of thin walled high surface area pathways in the gills, the secondary lamellae. However this augmented permeability to respiratory gases may well be ac...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/34371 |