Abstract
1. The sodium influx through the gills of eels placed in calcium-free sea water for 15 hr was double that of controls. The effect was reversed in 1 hr by addition of calcium.
2. The total sodium outflux through the gills of fish placed in calcium-free sea water for 15 hr was double that of controls. The effect was only partially reversed in 15 hr by addition of calcium.
3. The passive outflux component of the total outflux was increased fourfold when calcium was removed and was restored to normal in 15 hr by addition of calcium. The active (exchange) outflux component of the total outflux was halved by calcium removal and increased above normal following calcium addition.
4. The inability of calcium to restore the total outflux to normal within 15 hr in calcium-depleted fish, together with the raised plasma sodium concentration at this time, suggests that the raised outflux is caused by homoeostatic mechanisms, rather than permeability changes in the gill epithelium.
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