Sentence examples for gills of fish from inspiring English sources

Marine leeches attach to, and feed directly from, the gills of fish.

Weihrauch, D., Wilkie, M. P. & Walsh, P.J. Ammonia and urea transporters in gills of fish and aquatic crustaceans.

The only species in the world that is totally faithful to its mate is the diplozoon paradoxum, a fingernail-sized tapeworm that lives on the gills of fish.

Saponins readily cross the gills of fish and lyse red blood cells causing respiratory distress and in high enough concentration can cause death53.

Elevated levels of oxidized glutathione were measured in the gills of fish exposed to 50 and 500 μg l−1 nCdS.

It is proposed that the fine settled particles probably do not affect the salmonid egg incubation process, though suspended particles may damage the gills of fish and make the area unfavourable for spawning if the conditions do not improve.

Between the head and the heart, a series of branchial arches, cartilaginous structures that support the gills of fishes and larval amphibians, begin to form.

The gills of fishes are supported by a series of gill arches encased within a chamber formed by bony plates (the operculum).

In some cases these nonkidney regulatory activities are performed by certain specialized cells; e.g., in the gills of fishes (see below Vertebrate excretory systems: Fishes).

Fenvalerate is absorbed at a high rate through the gills of fishes due to its lipophilicity.

The arches surrounding pharyngeal slits develop, and evolved, into the mandible, hyoid, and other arches of the vertebrate splanchnocranium, particularly the branchial skeleton or 'basket' surrounding the gills of fishes.