The effects of coal dust on photosynthetic performance of the mangrove, Avicennia marina in Richards Bay, South Africa

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 359-366

  Naidoo, G ^a   Chirkoot, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Coal dust; Gas exchange; Mangrove; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GAS EXCHANGE MEASUREMENTS;

COAL DUST;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL;

COAL; DUST; MANGROVE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARTICLE; AVICENNIA MARINA; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATING MECHANISM; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; LEAF SURFACE; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; QUANTUM YIELD; REDUCTION; SALT GLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHOME;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; RICHARDS BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVICENNIA MARINA;

EID: 0344861998     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.08.018     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bjorkman O., Demming B., Andrews T.J. Mangrove photosynthesis: response to high irradiance stress. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 15:1988;43-61.
2. Brugnoli E., Bjorkman O. Growth of cotton under constant salinity stress: influence on the allocation pattern, stomatal and non-stomatal component of photosynthesis and dissipation of excess light energy. Planta. 187:1992;335-347.
3. Cheeseman J.M., Herendeen L.B., Cheeseman A.T., Clough B.F. Photosynthesis and photoprotection in mangroves under field conditions. Plant Cell Environment. 20:1997;579-588.
4. 2 uptake in Arbutus unedo growing in Portugal. Planta. 177:1989;377-387.
5. Ernst W.H.O. Monitoring of particulate pollutants. Steubing L., Jager H.-J. Monitoring of Air Pollutants by Plants: Methods and Problems. Proceedings of the International Workshop, Osnabriick (F.R.G.), September 24-25. 1981;Dr W Junk Publishers, The Hague.
6. Genty B., Briantais J.M., Baker N.R. The relationship between the quantum yield of photosynthetic electron transport and quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence. Biochemica Biophysica Acta. 990:1989;87-92.
7. Hirano T., Kiyota M., Aiga I. Physical effects of dust on leaf physiology of cucumber and kidney bean plants. Environmental Pollution. 89:1995;255-261.
8. Kirschbaum M.U.F., Pearcy R.W. Gas exchange analysis of the relative importance of stomatal and biochemical factors in photosynthetic induction in Alocasia macrorrhiza. Plant Physiology. 86:1988;782-785.
9. Larcher W., Wagner J., Thammathaworn A. Effects of superimposed temperature stress on in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence of Vigna unguiculata under saline stress. Journal of Plant Physiology. 136:1990;92-102.
10. Lovelock C.E., Clough B.F. Influence of solar radiation and leaf angle on xanthophyll concentrations in mangroves. Oecologia. 91:1992;518-525.
11. Naidoo G., Tuffers A.V., von Willert D.J. Changes in gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics of two mangroves and a mangrove associate in response to salinity in the natural environment. Trees. 16:2002;140-146.
12. Paling E.I., Humphries G., McCardle I., Thomson G. The effects of iron ore dust on mangroves in Western Australia: lack of evidence for stomatal damage. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 9:2001;363-370.
13. Ricks G.R., Williams R.J.H. Effects of atmospheric pollution on deciduous woodland part 2: effects of particulate matter upon stomatal diffusion resistance in leaves of Quercus petraes (Mattuschka) Leibl. Environmental Pollution. 6:1974;87-109.
14. Schreiber U., Bilger W., Neubauer C. Chlorophyll fluorescence as a non-intrusive indicator for rapid assessment of in vivo photosynthesis. Schulze E.D., Caldwell W.W. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis. 1995;49-70 Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg.
15. Sharifi M.R., Gibson A.C., Rundel P.W. Surface dust impacts on gas exchange in Mojave Desert shrubs. Journal of Applied Ecology. 34:1997;837-846.
16. Terashima I. Anatomy of non-uniform leaf photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research. 31:1992;195-212.
17. Tuffers A.V., Naidoo G., von Willert D.J. The contribution of leaf angle to photoprotection in the mangroves Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam. under field conditions in South Africa. Flora. 194:1999;267-275.
18. Valladares F., Pearcy R.W. Interactions between water stress, sun-shade acclimation, heat tolerance and photoinhibition in the sclerophyll Heteromeles arbutifolia. Plant Cell Environment. 20:1997;25-36.