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Transport of naphthalene in the oysterOstrea edulis

โœ Scribed by R. T. Riley; M. A. Shirazi; R. C. Swartz

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1981
Tongue
English
Weight
521 KB
Volume
63
Category
Article
ISSN
0025-3162

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โœฆ Synopsis

In small oysters (Ostrea edulis), transport of naphthalene between tissues is primarily by diffusion and not via the circulatory system. In intact oysters, accumulation in the adductor muscle and body followed accumulation in the gills after a large lag-time. In isolated tissues with no shell to impede water flux over the body and adductor muscle, there was no lag-time. The molecular diffusivity (D) of naphthalene in oyster tissue, estimated by Fick's second law of diffusion is D = 8 x 10 -s cm 2 s -1 , a value similar to D determined for lateral diffusion oflipoph/lic compounds in lipid membrane systems.

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