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How Can Enclosing Seawater Liberate Biological Oceanographers?

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Marine Mesocosms

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In this symposium, and others precedingit (Parsons et ale 1978, Kinne 1977) the philosophy of large-scale enclosures of marine systems, and the results of the several research programs in which this philosophy was given substance, have been reviewed. I will draw heavily on this history, especially that of the Controlled Ecosystem Pollution (later Populations) Experiments (CEPEX), at Saanich Inlet, British Columbia, Canada, to suggest some lines of investigation for the near future.

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  1. Institute of Marine Resources, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093, U.S.A.

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    Michael R. Reeve Ph.D (Professor of Biology and Living Resources) (Professor of Biology and Living Resources)

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Mullin, M.M. (1982). How Can Enclosing Seawater Liberate Biological Oceanographers?. In: Grice, G.D., Reeve, M.R. (eds) Marine Mesocosms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5645-8_29

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