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Recent Progress in the Study of "Die Ernährung der Wassertiere und der Stoffhaushalt der Gewässer"1
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine Irvine, California 92717
SYNOPSIS. It is now possible to provide direct evidence for net removal of significant amounts of specific amino acids from naturally occurring dissolved organic material by a marine invertebrate. This demonstration serves to focus attention and invite reconsideration of the large body of less direct evidence supporting the general occurrence of this capacity among soft-bodied marine invertebrates.