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Eel esophagus as an osmoregulatory organ.

Ion and water permeabilities were measured in the isolated esophagus of the eel (Anguilla anguilla and A. japonica), and compared with those in the stomach and the intestine. The freshwater eel esophagus was impermeable both to Na+ and Cl- ions and to water, whereas permeabilities to the ions increa...

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Main Authors: Hirano, T, Mayer-Gostan, N
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1976
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC430273/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1063415
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