Uptake and Metabolism of 2,2-bis-(p-Chlorophenyl-1,1,1-trichloroethane (DDT) by Marine Phytoplankton and Its Effects on Growth and Chloroplast Electron Transport 1

AUTOR(ES)

Bowes, Gerald W.

RESUMO

The effects of DDT (2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)-1, 1, 1-trichloroethane) on the growth of seven marine phytoplankters, representative of five algal divisions, were studied. At a concentration of 80 parts per billion (0.23 μm) DDT, growth of Dunaliella tertiolecta was unaffected, and there was slight, if any, influence on the development of Cyclotella nana, Thalassiosira fluviatilis, Amphidinium carteri, Coccolithus huxleyi, and Porphyridium sp. Skeletonema costatum exhibited a 9 day lag before cell division commenced, the rate of growth subsequently being the same as in the control (no DDT). A further inoculation of this culture of S. costatum into 80 parts per billion DDT gave another 9-day lag before initiation of normal growth.

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