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THE EFFECT OF SULPHITE AND FLUORIDE ON CARBON DIOXIDE UPTAKE BY MOSSES IN THE LIGHT
Author(s) -
INGLIS F.,
HILL D. J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1974.tb02149.x
Subject(s) - chemistry , carbon dioxide , bicarbonate , fluoride , environmental chemistry , total inorganic carbon , botany , inorganic chemistry , biology , organic chemistry
SUMMARY Four mosses, Bryum argenteum, Grimmia pulvinata, Hypnum cupressiforme and Tortula muralis were exposed to sulphite, and their uptake of radioactive bicarbonate measured. About 50% reduction in 14 C uptake was caused by 0.01‐0.1 mM sulphite. The effect of pH indicated that SO 2 (or‘H 2 SO 3 ') was the active molecular species. Fluoride had little effect on 14 C uptake.