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Effect of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) on photosynthetic oxygen evolution and respiration of Chlorella pyrenoidosa
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
|November 1, 1978
Abstract:
In experiments with Chlorella pyrenoidosa it was shown that an exposure of these cells to HCB at a dose level of 0.1, 1.0, and 5.0 ppm caused an inhibition of photosynthetic oxygen evolution of 33.3, 42, and 51%, respectively. Respiration, however, was inhibited only slightly, if at all.
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