Title
The effect of oxygen tension on the rate of oxidation of organic matter in sea water by bacteria
Abstract
It is generally recognized that the oxygen consuming capacity of heterotrophic bacteria in water serves as a good criterion of the amount of respirable or oxidizable organic matter in the water. However, the fragmentary literature on the subject records contradictory observations on the effect of oxygen tension upon the rate of bacterial oxidations. For example, Pomeroy (1938) found the amount of oxygen consumed by diluted sewage containing from 0. 7 to 17 .5 cc. of oxygen per liter to be independent of the oxygen tension but Heukelekian (1936) noted the maximum consumption of oxygen in such sewage mixtures containing around 10.5 cc. of oxygen per liter....
Recommended Citation
Zobell, Claude E.. 1940. "The effect of oxygen tension on the rate of oxidation of organic matter in sea water by bacteria." Journal of Marine Research 3, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/571