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Only a small percentage of the water on earth is brackish, yet the biological productivity, ecological significance, and economic importance of estuarine areas is considerable. As a result, environments of reduced salinity have received increasing attention from marine biologists during this century, and particularly within the last two decades.
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Calder, D.R. (1976). The Zonation of Hydroids Along Salinity Gradients in South Carolina Estuaries. In: Mackie, G.O. (eds) Coelenterate Ecology and Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9724-4_18
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