Abstract
The gills of Paragnetina media function as true respiratory organs. The animals with all the thoracic gill removed did not respire more than a few minutes.
The respiratory rates showed a correlation to the body weight.
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Kapoor, N.N. Some studies on the respiration of stonefly nymph, Paragnetina media (Walker). Hydrobiologia 44, 37–41 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00036155
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