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Cupular growth in herring neuromasts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. H. S. Blaxter
J. H. S. Blaxter
Affiliation:
Scottish Marine Biological Association, Dunstaffhage Marine Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 3, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA34 4AD
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Abstract

Using vital staining of neuromasts, followed by recovery, cupular growth rates of 1.4–4.1 μm/h were found in herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae and 4.0 μm/h in juveniles. It seems likely that the cupulae are continually being shed and replaced.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 64 , Issue 4 , November 1984 , pp. 935 - 938
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1984

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