THE UPTAKE OF RADIOACTIVE IODINE BY ASCOPHYLLUM

Abstract
The uptake of radioactive iodine by the brown alga. A. nodosum during a 15- to 20-hr. exptl. period gives a definite pattern of behavior. The uptake from sea water involves a constant exchange process between I within the alga and that in the surrounding medium, the concn. of I within the alga remaining constant. Initial uptake is rapid, indicating a rapid exchange rate for the process. In the 1st 10 min. of exposure the amt. taken up is about 1/3 of the equilibrium value; in 1 hr. about 90% is taken up. The equilibrium value is reached sometime in the 2d hr.