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Blood pressure recordings from the vena cava, afferent branchial and efferent branchial veins inNautilus showed that a significant increase in pressure of the gill circulation was achieved by the rhythmic contractions of the renal appendages and pericardial glands.
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We thank the Wilson Vailoces family and the other kind people of Bindoy, Negros Oriental, The Philippines for their unlimited generosity. This research was supported by NSF grant OCE 74-02888 to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and BMS 75-01149 to Iowa State University, J. R. Redmond, principal investigator.
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Bourne, G.B., Redmond, J.R. & Johansen, K. Nautilus pompilius: Branchial circulation enhanced by an auxiliary pumping mechanism. Experientia 33, 1453 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01918802
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