Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
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Chapter 40, Problem 10SQ
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Introduction: The animals tend to get adaptation to their environment in order to survive themselves. Hypertonic environment of the ocean is the selective pressure that shaped the kidney of these animals most efficiently to remove the toxins with less water. Marine animals live in a hypertonic environment of the ocean. Ocean contains higher solute concentration. Freshwater fish take in water by osmosis, so they produce a large volume of urine. By contrast, marine fish lose water by osmosis and produce little urine.
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 40 - Pesticide Residues in Urine To carry the USDAs...Ch. 40 - Pesticide Residues in Urine To carry the USDAs...Ch. 40 - Prob. 3DAACh. 40 - An insect's ___ deliver nitrogen-rich waste to its...Ch. 40 - Bowman's capsule, the start of the tubular part of...Ch. 40 - Fluid that enters Bowman's capsule flows directly...Ch. 40 - Blood pressure forces water and small solutes into...Ch. 40 - Kidneys return most of the water and small solutes...Ch. 40 - Prob. 6SQCh. 40 - Prob. 7SQ
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