PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
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Author: HILLIS
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Chapter 29.2, Problem 3RA

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To describe: The way in which freshwater fishes use energy to maintain the water and salt concentrations of their bodies.

Introduction: Freshwater fishes are those that live in lakes and rivers that contain freshwater. The freshwater’s osmotic pressure is 0 Osm, and the freshwater fishes contain an osmotic pressure of 0.3 to 0.35 Osm.

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To describe: The way in which ocean bony fishes use energy to maintain the water and salt concentration of their bodies.

Introduction: There are around 20,000 fish species that contain bony skeletons. These bony fishes contain very dilute body fluids, and these ocean bony fishes are found to be hypoosmotic to seawater.

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