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24. The Relative Imporiance of Groups of Protozoa and 



Algae in Marine Environments of the Southwest 

 Pacific and East Indian Oceans — E. J. Fergusoyi Wood .... 236 



25. Size Fractionation of C^^-Labeled Natural Phytoplankton 



Communities — Robert W . Holmes and George C. Anderson 241 



26. Light Assimilation Curves of Surface Phytoplankton 



in the North Pacific 42° N — 61° N — Sigeru Motoda 



ajid Teruyoshi Kaivamura 251 



27. Succession of Phytoplankton^ and the Ocean as an 



HoLocoENOTic ENVIRONMENT — Tlu'odore J. Smayda 260 



28. Some Relationships of Phytoplankton to Environment 



— E. J. Ferguson Wood 275 



29. The Effects of Osmotic and Nutritional Variation on 



Growth of a Salt-Tolerant Fungus^ Zalerion eistla 



— Don Ritchie and Myra K. Jacohsohn 286 



30. The Importance of Fungi in the Sea — /. Kohhneyer 300 



31. Degradation of Lignocellulose Material by Marine 



Fungi — Samuel P. Meyers and Ernest S. Reynolds 315 



32. Yeasts in Marine Environments — /. W . Fell and 



N. van Uden 329 



33. On the Physiology of the Photoautotrophic Purple 



Bacteria from Lake Beloye — L. K. Osnitskaya 341 



34. Bacterial Viruses in the Sea — R. Spencer 350 



35. Studies on a Marine Parasitic Ciliate as a Potential 



Virus Vector — Liselotte Moewus 366 



PART 4 

 HETEROTROPHY IN MARINE MICROBIOLOGY 



36. Distribution and Ecology of Azotobacler in the 



Black Sea — L. N. Pshenin 383 



37. Metabolic Pathways of Bacterial Nitrification 



— M. I. H. Alcem and Alvin Nason 392 



38. Proteolysis and Nitrate Rediction in Sea Water 



— Jean Brisou and Huguette V argues 410 



