'
INFLUENCE ON ANEMONES AND CORALS.
,
‘1ë1
visitors and so affected the amenity of his
had'the
,
Ï
holes in the rocks from whichthey protruded bored by an
"
auger, yet by—and—by recuperation followed, and they expanded _
.
their beautiful discs as before.
.
"
.
'
The anemones which dwell in sand, such as Peachia and
Edwardsia, though occasionally extending in the Channel
—
Islands to the tidal regions, are as a rule beyond the reach of
,
man.
Yet the cod pursues the
it maybe after dis—
…
lodgment by storms, While the stÔma’chs of dabs and oùnders‘
are often distended by the latter. Even were it granted that
-Î
every one of these anemones were swept off an area by storms
or by dredges (for 'trawls do not appear to affect them) nature
-
Ï
is not unprepèæred, for their minute pelagic young are carried
everywhere by currents, and even occasionally borne as it were
on
a graceful carriage by the minute
to the. discs.
'
of which they adhere by their tentacles.
They then settle 'on
7,
a
suitable site and repeople an old area or extend the dis—
_'
tribution of the species on a new; Such forms have thus a
_
doublé protection—rstly by a life in the sand, and, secondlÿ,
__
'
by a free—swimming larval condition. '
'
-
—
The wonderful
but sure, of coral reefs in
tropical regions is another instance of the _vast resources of
'
'
nature—in the development of which man is poW‘erless either
to check or modify. The multitudes of free—swimming larvæ of
_
such stoCks—far above the needs of coral exténsion—'mu‘st
Î
form, _moreover, an important element in the food—supplies of
,
the ocean in the neighbourhood, whilst some holothuanS
'
(sea’—cuCumbers) and shes (Scaru3) feed directly on the coral
'
itself.
'
In our own waters the_dead men—’snfäers
and
_
séa4pens (PennatuZa_ and Funiculüm) maintain their ground— =
'
against hook and trawl justas the red Coral of commerce does!
-
and el“sewhere.£
_
,
‘
"
The Capture of marine products for
or for Commerce…
.
.
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INFLUENCE ON ANEMONES AND CORALS.
,
‘1ë1
visitors and so affected the amenity of his
had'the
,
Ï
holes in the rocks from whichthey protruded bored by an
"
auger, yet by—and—by recuperation followed, and they expanded _
.
their beautiful discs as before.
.
"
.
'
The anemones which dwell in sand, such as Peachia and
Edwardsia, though occasionally extending in the Channel
—
Islands to the tidal regions, are as a rule beyond the reach of
,
man.
Yet the cod pursues the
it maybe after dis—
…
lodgment by storms, While the stÔma’chs of dabs and oùnders‘
are often distended by the latter. Even were it granted that
-Î
every one of these anemones were swept off an area by storms
or by dredges (for 'trawls do not appear to affect them) nature
-
Ï
is not unprepèæred, for their minute pelagic young are carried
everywhere by currents, and even occasionally borne as it were
on
a graceful carriage by the minute
to the. discs.
'
of which they adhere by their tentacles.
They then settle 'on
7,
a
suitable site and repeople an old area or extend the dis—
_'
tribution of the species on a new; Such forms have thus a
_
doublé protection—rstly by a life in the sand, and, secondlÿ,
__
'
by a free—swimming larval condition. '
'
-
—
The wonderful
but sure, of coral reefs in
tropical regions is another instance of the _vast resources of
'
'
nature—in the development of which man is poW‘erless either
to check or modify. The multitudes of free—swimming larvæ of
_
such stoCks—far above the needs of coral exténsion—'mu‘st
Î
form, _moreover, an important element in the food—supplies of
,
the ocean in the neighbourhood, whilst some holothuanS
'
(sea’—cuCumbers) and shes (Scaru3) feed directly on the coral
'
itself.
'
In our own waters the_dead men—’snfäers
and
_
séa4pens (PennatuZa_ and Funiculüm) maintain their ground— =
'
against hook and trawl justas the red Coral of commerce does!
-
and el“sewhere.£
_
,
‘
"
The Capture of marine products for
or for Commerce…
.
.
m some
been
ï‘for.
soience
'
f
0u‘“ then hfehïStŒles
shelyfortheredmthe13160qu°°lâïofcommæœmts