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Na+/NH +4 co-transport in isolated perfused gills of the Chinese crabEriocheir sinensis acclimated to fresh water

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In isolated perfused posterior gills ofE. sinensis acclimated to fresh water, NH +4 may be used as a counter-ion for Na+ active transport. This Na+/NH +4 coupled transport can, however, only account for a small part of the Na+ total active influx.

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  1. Institut de Zoologie, Laboratory of Animal Physiology University of Liège, quai Van Beneden 22, B-4020, Liège, Belgium

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Chargé de Recherches du FNRS-Acknowledgments. This work has been aided by a grant ‘crédit aux chercheurs’ from the FNRS and by a grant No. 2.4511.76 from the FRFC.

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Pequex, A., Gilles, R. Na+/NH +4 co-transport in isolated perfused gills of the Chinese crabEriocheir sinensis acclimated to fresh water. Experientia 34, 1593–1594 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02034694

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