This report summarizes a study which sought to provide toxicity data for pulp mills near Coos Bay through a series of toxicity bioassays. The study also surveyed benthic and beach fauna to identify macro-organisms so individual assessments of water quality requirements could be made.
A major objective of this investigation was to determine the
possible roles, if any, of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate and products of
its metabolic breakdown in symbiotic nitrogen fixation by nodule
bacteroids. Changes in poly -β- hydroxybutyrate content and in
activities of nitrogenase, β-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, and
isocitrate lyase were studied under various conditions...