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Detail of the pit marks in the shell of the fossil horseshoe crab (Euproops danae). Photos courtesy Gregory Lewbart (North ...

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Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of adaptation of organisms to the marine environment. Special emphasis is on biological responses to temperature, salinity, carbon dioxide, pH and bicarbonate ...