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Effect of Extracts from Fucoids in promoting Settlement of Epiphytic Polyzoa

Nature volume 188, pages 1206–1207 (1960)Cite this article

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IN a previous communication1 it was suggested that the simple ciliated larvæ of some species of sedentary organisms might respond to qualitative differences in bacterial films formed on surfaces immersed in the sea, as was suggested by Wilson to explain the behaviour of the larvæ of Ophelia bicornis Savigny2.

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CRISP, D., WILLIAMS, G. Effect of Extracts from Fucoids in promoting Settlement of Epiphytic Polyzoa. Nature 188, 1206–1207 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1881206b0

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