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Prevention of Clogging of Strainers in Rearing Aquatic Organisms

Nature volume 136, pages 646–647 (1935)Cite this article

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WALTON SMITH has recently1 described apparatus which overcomes several difficulties in rearing marine larvæin flowing water, one special point being the waxing of the bolting silk strainers to retard clogging. I encountered the clogging in rearing Metriocnemus longitarsus, Goet. (Diptera, Chironomidae) larvæ in flowing water, the overflow strainer being rapidly stopped up by the algal food and dejecta.

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  1. NATURE, 136, 345 ; 1935.

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LLOYD, L. Prevention of Clogging of Strainers in Rearing Aquatic Organisms. Nature 136, 646–647 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136646d0

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