... levels. Aquaporins Ion transporters Osmoregulation Salinization Septate junction Contamination of freshwater with salt is occurring throughout the world. The sources of contamination are many, but most result from human activities ( Rahman et al., 2019 ; Schuler et al., 2019...

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... the flight pay load upon eclosion from the aquatic habitat. The non-selective NaCl and KCl diuresis stems from the increase in septate junctional Cl - conductance activated by leucokinin using Ca 2+ as second messenger. Fundamental to diuretic mechanisms are powerful epithelial transport mechanisms...

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