Water and Salt Physiology

13 Dezembro 2021, 14:00 • Carlos Gravato

Food and drinking water. Metabolic water

Organs of blood regulation. Osmotic and ionic U/P ratios

Cell volume regulation: osmolytes and compatible solutes

Animals in freshwater. Passive water and ion exchanges: Freshwater animals tend to gain water by osmosis and lose major ions by diffusion

Animals in the Ocean

Invertebrates, teleost and elasmobranch fish

Fish mitochondria-rich cells

Salt glands in marine birds, reptiles and elasmobranch fish

Marine mammals