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The rate of water filtration in the marine wood-boring mollusc,Martesia striata linn

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1. The Neutral Red technique was employed to study the filtration rates ofMartesia striata.

2. It appears that low salinity has a great depressing effect upon the rate of filtration inMartesia.

3. Light has got no effect on the filtration rate.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Andhra University, Waltair

    R. Nagabhushanam

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Communicated by Prof. P. N. Ganapati,f.a.sc.

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Nagabhushanam, R. The rate of water filtration in the marine wood-boring mollusc,Martesia striata linn. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 43, 223–227 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050463

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