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Abstract
1. Blood pO2 along the rete of eel has been investigated with a microelectrode, the swim-bladder gas being replaced by air. 2. When the eel does not secrete gas, the pO2 profile is flat, whereas in actively secreting eel the pO2, along the rete has a maximum of approximately 1 atm near the bladder pole of the rete. 3. The findings confirm predictions of a mathematical model for counter current multiplication in the swim-bladder.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 874876 PMCID: PMC1283636 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1977.sp011834
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Physiol ISSN: 0022-3751 Impact factor: 5.182