Brine shrimp Artemia that normally live in salt ponds are experimentally moved to an environment of dilute seawater.What will be the most likely physiological response of the shrimp to this change?
A) They will transport salt out of their extracellular fluids to the environment.
B) They will move water across their gill membranes by means of active transport.
C) They will maintain osmolarity of their extracellular fluids below environmental levels.
D) They will osmoconform with their surroundings.
E) They will transport salt from the environment to their extracellular fluids.
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