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Science 14 September 1962:
Vol. 137. no. 3533, pp. 864 - 865
DOI: 10.1126/science.137.3533.864
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Gas Spitting by Alarmed Fish Disturbs Their Hydrostatic Equilibrium

F. J. Verheijen 1

1 Department of Fisheries, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Besides maintaining hydrostatic equilibrium, the physostomatous gas bladder of fish has the broader function of adapting the density of the fish to momentary needs.

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