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DURING current investigations into the laboratory conditions necessary for consistently successful marine fish-rearing, it has become increasingly evident that the osmotic hazard confronting the early larva is much greater than that facing the adult. Both larva and adult live under an osmotic strain, having internal salt concentrations roughly one-third that of the surrounding sea water.
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SHELBOURNE, J. Site of Chloride Regulation in Marine Fish Larvæ. Nature 180, 920–922 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180920a0
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