| Considering the three patterns of ontogeny of postembryonic osmoregulation, it is clear that the studied species classed in pattern I are marine stenohaline osmoconformers. |
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| Two means of contending with this situation are employed, and, depending on how they regulate the salt concentrations of their tissues, organisms are classified as osmoregulators or osmoconformers. |
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| Many species of fish and invertebrates have various methods to control or conform to the shifts in salt concentrations and are termed osmoconformers and osmoregulators. |
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