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On some Factors Limiting the Habitat of Arenicola marina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

D. M. Reid
D. M. Reid
Affiliation:
Dept, of Biology, Harrow School.
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Summary

In the foregoing work it was found that: Arenicola marina was repelled and could not burrow in sand containing 20% of ferric oxide in the amorphous state.

That 0·021% ferric oxide in suspension in sea-water was lethal owing to its forming with the mucus of the organism an envelope which prevented contact with the surrounding air-carrying water.

That calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, Stourbridge clay, kaolin, and kieselguhr had the same effect as the ferric oxide in suspension.

That although able to live for a short time in water of salinity 3·10%‰, Arenicola marina tended to become so turgid in water of 14·32%‰ as to be unable to burrow.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , May 1929 , pp. 109 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1929

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