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Sodium Transport by Skin of Amphibian Species from Different Habitats
Author(s) -
Schmid William D.,
Underhill James C.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1934936
Subject(s) - amphibian , habitat , sodium , ecology , biology , frog skin , flux (metallurgy) , zoology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Net sodium transport was measured in isolated skin preparations for five species of anuran amphibians from different habitats. Although previous reports had described differences in the rates of water uptake for anurans from differences habitats, the results of the present study have indicated a lack of significant differences in active sodium flux. The mean rate of sodium flux (all species) was 1.05 microequivalents of sodium per cm 2 surface, hour.