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  • Title: Effects of mercury on ion and osmoregulation in the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.).
    Author: Bjerregaard P, Vislie T.
    Journal: Comp Biochem Physiol C Comp Pharmacol Toxicol; 1985; 82(1):227-30. PubMed ID: 2865068.
    Abstract:
    The effects of lethal mercury concentrations on regulation of hemolymph electrolytes in the shore crab Carcinus maenas were investigated. In most experiments mercury exposure reduced hemolymph osmolality and Na+, Cl- and K+ levels to 55-90% of controls in 48 hr. Mercury exposure augmented calcium levels to 120-300% of controls. The effect of mercury on all of the electrolytes varied during the year, especially on magnesium levels which showed significant increases or decreases, or remained unaffected in different experiments.
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