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THE role of bicarbonate ions as a source of carbon for aquatic plants has been a subject of discussion for a long time. Steemann Nielsen1 has recently given a short history of this question and published experiments showing that Myriophyllum has a greater ability than Fontinalis to use carbon from bicarbonate.
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Steemann Nielsen, E., Nature, 158, 594 (1946).
Österlind, S., Nature, 159, 199 (1947).
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ÖSTERLIND, S. Influence of Low Bicarbonate Concentrations on the Growth of a Green Alga. Nature 161, 319–320 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161319a0
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