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ONE of the most important tasks which can be undertaken by the staff of a sea-side laboratory is the exact description of the relations between the fauna of the neighbourhood and the external conditions. Excellent anatomical work can be performed, as it is habitually performed in all the various marine stations which now exist, by naturalists who are unable to live continuously at the sea-side. In many cases a short visit to a suitable locality will enable an anatomist, aided by the knowledge and experience of skilled residents, to collect in a short time material for the most complete study of a species from the anatomical point of view. But many complicated problems connected with the breeding of marine animals, and others, equally complex, which arise from even the most superficial study of their distribution, can only be solved by continued observation extending in many cases over years; and such observations can only be conducted by resident naturalists, with the resources of a properly equipped laboratory at their command.
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Some Recent Work of the Marine Biological Association . Nature 61, 79–80 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/061079a0
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