Permeability of the integument of the ho
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Dunson, William A.
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Article
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1984
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Mean water movements across the double chitin membrane of the Limulus gill are 5,000-7,000 pmoles/cm2.h. The carapace is much less permeable to water than the gill; this difference is probably due primarily to the greater thickness of the carapace. Variations in serum sodium concentration due to sal