On the buoyancy of the pearly Nautilus
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Ward, Peter ;Martin, Arthur W.
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Article
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1978
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Fourteen freshly captured __Nautilus macromphalus__ were weighed in seawater, and all were found to be negatively buoyant (heavier than seawater), with a mean weight of 1.76 g. Maximum rates of cameral liquid removal from chambers artificially filled with seawater were 1.0 ml/chamber/da