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The Growth Kinetics of Isochrysis Galbana in Cultures Containing Sublethal Concentrations Of Mercuric Chloride

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Anthony G. Davies
Anthony G. Davies
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Association, Plymouth
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There is increasing evidence that the specific growth rates of phytoplankton are hyperbolically related to the intracellular concentrations of rate-determining nutrients by expressions of the Michaelis-Menten type used in the study of enzyme reaction kinetics (see, for example, Caperon, 1968; Droop, 1968; Davies, 1970; Paasche, 1973). This has led us to inquire whether there might also be relationships, analogous to those which describe the effect of inhibitors upon the rates of enzyme reactions (Dixon & Webb, 1958) which can be applied to the growth of phytoplankton in the presence of sublethal levels of toxic substances.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , February 1974 , pp. 157 - 169
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1974

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