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OF the four papers contained in the part of the Bergen Museum Year-book before us, the one of greatest scientific and practical importance is perhaps that by Mr. Torbjørn Gaarder entitled “Die Hydroxylzahl des Meerswassers.” The extent of the concentration of hydroxyl ions in sea-water has a great influence on the physiological processes of marine organisms; as Loeb and Herbst have shown, a certain concentration is necessary for the development of echinoderm ova, whether fertilised or not. In a word, the productivity of a sea region depends largely on the concentration of the hydroxyl ions It becomes, therefore, of importance to study the variations of sea-water in this respect, and to discover the factors on which they depend.
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Sea-Studies 1 . Nature 102, 453–454 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/102453b0
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