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Salt and water balance in the polychaete Nereis virens

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Oglesby, LC; Mangum, CP; Heacox, AE; Ready, NE
Published in: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology
January 1, 1982
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1. 1. Nereis virens is a large and common estuarine and coastal nereid polychaete of the North Atlantic Ocean, frequently used in physiological experiments. 2. 2. N. virens is euryhaline, surviving from about 5%o (15% SW) to over 100% SW. 3. 3. N. virens is slightly hyperosmotic at all salinities, with a modest increment in coelomic fluid hyperosmoticity when adapted to salinities below 25% SW. 4. 4. There is only very limited hyperregulation of Na+ and Cl+ in worms adapted to low salinities; K+ is strongly hyperionic at all salinities. 5. 5. pH of coelomic fluid increases as the salinity of the medium declines. 6. 6. Volume regulation is moderately well developed, but declines in animals maintained in salinities below 25% SW. © 1982.

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Neal Edward Ready
Author Neal Edward Ready Medicine, Medical Oncology

Published In

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology

DOI

10.1016/0300-9629(82)90085-8

ISSN

0300-9629

Publication Date

January 1, 1982

Volume

73

Issue

1

Start / End Page

15 / 19
 

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Oglesby, L. C., Mangum, C. P., Heacox, A. E., & Ready, N. E. (1982). Salt and water balance in the polychaete Nereis virens. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology, 73(1), 15–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(82)90085-8
Oglesby, L. C., C. P. Mangum, A. E. Heacox, and N. E. Ready. “Salt and water balance in the polychaete Nereis virens.” Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology 73, no. 1 (January 1, 1982): 15–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(82)90085-8.
Oglesby LC, Mangum CP, Heacox AE, Ready NE. Salt and water balance in the polychaete Nereis virens. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology. 1982 Jan 1;73(1):15–9.
Oglesby, L. C., et al. “Salt and water balance in the polychaete Nereis virens.” Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology, vol. 73, no. 1, Jan. 1982, pp. 15–19. Scopus, doi:10.1016/0300-9629(82)90085-8.
Oglesby LC, Mangum CP, Heacox AE, Ready NE. Salt and water balance in the polychaete Nereis virens. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology. 1982 Jan 1;73(1):15–19.

Published In

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology

DOI

10.1016/0300-9629(82)90085-8

ISSN

0300-9629

Publication Date

January 1, 1982

Volume

73

Issue

1

Start / End Page

15 / 19