. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. .FW& SW FW only .SW only. 10 15 DAYS 20 25 30 FIGURE 3. Response of two specimens of Birgus to water of different salinity under labora- tory conditions. Line joining solid circles represents history of smaller crab. Line joining open circles represents history of larger crab. Available water for different periods is indicated at the bottom of the graph. SW = normal sea water ; FW — fresh water. one crab was exposed to sea water and fresh water for six days after capture, it> u/s value was The other specimen, wh
. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. .FW& SW FW only .SW only. 10 15 DAYS 20 25 30 FIGURE 3. Response of two specimens of Birgus to water of different salinity under labora- tory conditions. Line joining solid circles represents history of smaller crab. Line joining open circles represents history of larger crab. Available water for different periods is indicated at the bottom of the graph. SW = normal sea water ; FW — fresh water. one crab was exposed to sea water and fresh water for six days after capture, it> u/s value was The other specimen, which was exposed to the same condi- tions for only one day after capture, had a value of However, urine samples from 5 crabs exposed to both sea water and fresh water for one day after capture averaged sea water, which is less than the mean serum concentration for Birgus sampled in the field ( sea water). There is a tendency, therefore, for the urine of both C. brcr'unanns and Birgus to be hypotonic to the blood. It is doubtful, however, that such a low degree of hypotonicity has any physiological significance. There thus is no evidence that the antennarv glands of any of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass. ); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass. ). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Clarence, 1890-1983. Woods Hole, Mass. : Marine Biological Laboratory
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