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HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
MALCOLM S . GORDON'
I. Introduction . . . . . .
A. History
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B. Pressure in Natural Environments
C. Physicochemical Effects of Pressure
D. Prospects . . . . . .
11. Fishes Living under High Pressures .
A. General Remarks . . . .
B. Freshwater Forms . . . .
C. Marine Forms . . . . .
111. Experimental Studies . . . .
A. General Remarks . . . .
B. Low Pressures . . . . .
C. High Pressures . . . . .
D. Explosions
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. History
The effects of elevated hydrostatic pressures on living systems have
attracted considerable scientific attention during the past century. Experimental interest in the subject appears to have been awakened primarily
by the discovery of organisms living in the deep sea. These organisms
were first collected under conditions which precluded serious argument
about their origin by a series of oceanographic expeditions during the
* This work has been partially supported by National Science Foundation
Research Grant GB 5661.
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