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The role of micro-organisms in the settlement of Ophelia bicornis Savigny

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Douglas P. Wilson
Douglas P. Wilson
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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During the course of earlier work with larvae of Ophelia bicornis Savigny it became increasingly clear that a major factor in stimulating these larvae to settle and metamorphose is the presence, on sand grains of suitable size, of living micro-organisms such as bacteria, in numbers neither too many nor too few (Wilson, 1954). It had been shown that an acid-cleaned sand (which is neutral or almost so) kept in sea water becomes increasingly attractive to these larvae with time. It had been admitted, however (loc. cit., p. 366), that these results were derived from a comparison of experiments not designed to this end, and that further tests, planned for the purpose, were desirable.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , October 1955 , pp. 531 - 543
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1955

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