ON THE ABILITY OF CERTAIN MARINE INVERTEBRATES TO LIVE IN DILUTED SEA WATER

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1 May 1928

journal article
research article
Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin

Vol. 54 (5) , 405-409
https://doi.org/10.2307/1536886

Abstract

The ability of Limulus, Phaloscosoma, and 18 marine annelids to survive in various dilutions of sea-water was studied. Most of the animals lived 1-2 weeks in a mixture of 3/4 sea-water and 1/4 fresh; several species lived in 1/2 sea-water. Limulus, Laonice, and Nereis lived and were active for periods of 2-3 weeks in 1/4 sea-water, but died in weaker solutions.

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The Migration of Animals from the Ocean into Freshwater and Land Habitats
The American Naturalist, 1927