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The Blood Cells of Ciona Intestinalis: An Electron Probe X-Ray Microanalytical Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. F. Rowley
A. F. Rowley
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP
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As long ago as 1911, Henze first showed that the ascidian, Phallusia mammillata has the ability to accumulate vanadium from the surrounding sea water into its tissues. Since this report, many other workers have demonstrated vanadium as well as other metals such as iron (Koval'kii, Rezaeva & Kol'tsov, 1962; Milanesi & Burighel, 1978; Macara, McLeod & Kustin, 1979a), manganese (Noddack & Noddack, 1939) and niobium (Carlisle, 1958) in various tunicate species.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , August 1982 , pp. 607 - 620
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1982

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