The ventilation cycle in Octopus
Pressure measurements made at various points inside the mantle show that the ventilatory stream of the resting animal is driven by very small (often less than 0.5 cm H<sub>2</sub>O) pressure differences. Inspiration occupies less than one third of the total cycle time, while flow across...
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