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A six-minute talk presented in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Senate of Scientists Lightnng Round 2, 13 April 2012i
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… summaries can be data, too.Erosaria caputserpentisSerpent's Head Cowrie
Depth range based on 51 specimens in 2 taxa.Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 40 samples.
Environmental ranges Depth range (m): -5 - 67 Temperature range (°C): 23.011 - 28.496 Nitrate (umol/L): 0.048 - 0.923 Salinity (PPS): 33.821 - 35.837 Oxygen (ml/l): 4.349 - 4.825 Phosphate (umol/l): 0.088 - 0.228 Silicate (umol/l): 0.983 - 4.026
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Erosaria caputserpentisSerpent's Head Cowrie
Salinity envelope (n=40)
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