Abstract
ANALYSIS of the secretion from the nasal gland of marine birds indicates that the secretory mechanism is highly specific for sodium and/or chloride. Only very small amounts of potassium, magnesium, or sulphate normally appear in the secretion1. It was therefore of interest to determine how the secretory mechanism would behave in the presence of an anion which has roughly the same physical–chemical properties as chloride.
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DOUGLAS, D. Secretion of the Thiocyanate Ion by the Nasal Gland of the Adelie Penguin. Nature 209, 1150–1151 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2091150a0
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