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mechanism of acid adaptation of a fish living in a ph 3.5 lake.despite unfavorable conditions, a single species of fish, osorezan dace, lives in an extremely acidic lake (ph 3.5) in osorezan, aomori, japan. physiological studies have established that this fish is able to prevent acidification of its plasma and loss of na(+). here we show that these abilities are mainly attributable to the chloride cells of the gill, which are arranged in a follicular structure and contain high concentrations of na(+)-k(+)-atpase, carbonic anhydrase ii, type 3 na(+)/h(+) exc ...200312531781
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