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The study of the soft parts of the living foraminifera has lagged considerably behind the study of the test and comparitively few studies of living organisms have been conducted. There appear to be two reasons for this phenomenon: (a) most students of foraminifera have been geologists whose background is in the study of the preservable remains of organisms (fossils), and (b) a generally held notion that maintainance of living foraminiferal cultures in the laboratory is difficult. The latter conclusion is not true and it is necessary to promote more widespread use of cultures because their study will solve many biological problems, allow the testing of various ecological hypotheses and resolve various taxonomic difficulties.
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It is evident that the total addition of salts to this solution is 50 g/l. which is considerably more than that in normal sea water. However, for the cultivation of algae, this elevated salinity works well. Provasoli, McLaughlin & Dropp (1957) pointed out that algal cultures grow well between 17–50%. This artificial sea water would not work for the cultivation of foraminifera whose salinity tolerance is much less.
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Boltovskoy, E., Wright, R. (1976). Foraminiferal Cultures. In: Recent Foraminifera. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2860-7_15
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