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895 



7 



76- 

 74- 

 7 2 

 7 0- 

 68 



Submergence Treatment 



r =0 1965 

 P=0 0001 



[Na*]. mM 



r' =00165 

 P=0,3147 



7 8' 



7 6- 



74 



72- 



70- 



68 



66 



7 6- 



74- 



72- 



7 



6 8-] r''=0 0640 

 P=0,0454 



78 

 76 

 74 

 72 



70- 



6 8-1 r'=0 6301 

 P<0 0001 



SV. 



[K*], mM 



[Cr], mM 



r=0.0434 

 P=0 1014 



Osmolality, mosmoles/kg 



I 



Q. 



•^ft*^. 



r=0 0975 

 P=0 0123 



7.6 



7.4' 

 7.2 

 7.0 

 68 

 66 



r=0 2968 

 P<0 0001 



Hematocrit (%) 



Figure 3 



Relationship between blood pH and plasma |Na*|, (K*], [C!"], osmolality, and hematocrit in 

 control (left column) and submerged (right column) loggerhead sea turtles. The lines are best 

 fits to the data. Significance of the correlated variables is noted on each figure. 



