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Science 27 March 1970:
Vol. 167. no. 3926, pp. 1724 - 1726
DOI: 10.1126/science.167.3926.1724
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Marine Phytoplankton Vary in Their Response to Chlorinated Hydrocarbons

David W. Menzel 1, Judith Anderson 1, and Ann Randtke 1

1 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

Photosynthesis and growth in cultures of four marine phytoplankton species, isolated from different oceanic environments, were affected by three chlorinated hydrocarbons (DDT, dieldrin, and endrin) to varying extents. This ranged from complete insensitivity in Dunaliella to toxicity at concentrations of 0.1 to 1.0 part per billion of the pesticides in Cyclotella. Other forms were intermediate in their response.


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