[The electrolyte content of the body of insects, ascidians, fishes, amphibians and mammals and its dynamics in ontogeny].

In animals in which sodium is a predominant cation of the blood serum or haemolymph (rat, newt Triturus vulgaris, sturgeon Acipenser güldenstädti, herring Clupea pallasi, ascidian Goniocarpa rustica), its content in the body amounts up to a half of the total bulk of electrolytes; in insects with potassium type of the haemolymph, the share of sodium is equal to 6.4%. In animals of the same species, total electrolyte content (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium) and the relationship between separate ions were found to be remarkably constant. During ontogenetic development of the sturgeon and herring, as well as in rat embryos beginning from the 15th day of gestation, the ratio between separate cations exhibits significant conservatism.