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gill

In biology, the main respiratory organ of most fishes and immature amphibians, and of many aquatic invertebrates. In all types, water passes over the gills, and oxygen diffuses across the gill membranes into the circulatory system, while carbon dioxide passes from the system out into the water.

In aquatic insects, these gases diffuse into and out of air-filled canals called tracheae.

gill

Imperial unit of volume for liquid measure, equal to one-quarter of a pint or four fluid ounces (0.118 liter). It is used in selling alcoholic drinks.



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They include a California Department of Fish and Game report that said a number of factors - including warm temperatures, low flows and crowding - caused conditions conducive to gill disease and other bacterial infections.
Drifting on the Klamath by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
aestuarina has also been suggested as a potential agent of amoebic gill disease (Dykova et al.
Isolation of mitochondrial cytochrome B gene and development of a ... by Zhang, Huan / Journal of Shellfish Research
Molecular tools are beginning to be used to probe Neoparamoeba strains associated with amoebic gill disease (Fiala & Dykova 2003, Wong et al.
Nuclear small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene-based characterization, ... by Frasca, Salvatore, Jr. / Journal of Shellfish Research
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