TABLE 2.9 

 Concentrations of Ions in Body Fluids of Marine Animals 



(in mM per 1. or mM per kg waterf) 



(1) Haemolysis of erythrocytes may have raised level of K+. 



Sources: 1, Robertson (112); 2, Koizumi and Hosoi (73); 3, Cole (including analyses of Smith) (22); 4, Steinbach 

 (133); 5, Webb (142); 6, Robertson (111); 7, Macallum (85); 8, Smith (125); 9, Edwards and Condorelli (25); 

 10, Sverdrup, Johnson and Fleming (134); 11, Hayes and Pelluet (45); 12, Valente and Bruno (140); 13, Bethe and 

 Berger (9); 14, Robertson (113); 15, Robertson (114); 16, Brull and Nizet (18);17, Parry (101); 18, Potts 

 (106); 19, Parry (102); 20, Hartman. et al.{44). 



