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RFA'OVi:in' IllOM AXAJ'JIWBIOSIS 



play diiriiit;- recovery from anaerobiosis (secondary aero- 

 biosis) and would be governed by the partial pressure 



200 



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o 



Per cent oxygen content of surroundings 



Fig. 9 Dependence of oxygen consumption on oxygen tension in 

 larvae of Chironomus thuvimi. Batch A, which has been deprived of 

 oxygen previous to the determinations, shows a more pronounced depend- 

 ence of the oxygen consumption on the tension than batch B. which has 

 been kept in well-oxygenated surroundings. (According to Harnisch 

 1936.) 



