-
ionic composition may be
different from that of seawater. In a
strictly osmoregulating animal, the
amounts of
internal salt and
water are held
relatively constant...
- adaptations, such as the
development of
special organs for
shedding salt and
osmoregulating their internal salt (NaCl) concentrations, to live in estuarine, brackish...
- and
eventually to the
death of the insect.
Aphids avoid this fate by
osmoregulating through several processes.
Sucrose concentration is
directly reduced...
-
adapted to. However, some fish show a
tremendous ability to
effectively osmoregulate across a
broad range of salinities; fish with this
ability are known...
- dehydration,
which triggers the
common ostrich's
homeostatic response to
osmoregulate. The
common ostrich is well-adapted to hot, arid
environments through...
-
shark to
conserve energy is to
decrease the
amount of
energy needed to
osmoregulate the
surrounding environment.
Humans are the
biggest threat to bull sharks...
- 1981). "The egg case of the
oviparous elasmobranch, Raja Erinacea, does
osmoregulate" (PDF).
Journal of
Experimental Biology. 92. doi:10.1242/jeb.92.1.337...
-
drinking and
feeding (particularly on crustaceans), and to help them
osmoregulate. The
excretions from
these glands (which are
positioned in the head of...
-
surrounding sea water. It has been
suggested that
cephalopods do not
osmoregulate,
which would indicate that they are conformers. This
means that they...
- lose more
water and have a
greater salt uptake. One way in
which they
osmoregulate is
through the use of a salt gland,
which is
found in
their beaks. This...
