Osmotic and ionic regulation during hypo
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Hildebrandt, Jan-Peter ;Zerbst-Boroffka, Irene
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Article
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1992
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The concentrations of inorganic and organic ions and osmolality in the blood of the medicinal leech, __Hirudo medicinalis__, were determined during normoxia and hypercapnic and hypocapnic hypoxia. In normoxic animals, the blood sodium concentration was 124.5 ยฑ 4.2 mmol/l and the total c