Developmental progression of photosystem II electron transport and CO 2 uptake in Spartina alterniflora, a facultative halophyte, in a northern salt marsh

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-375

  Baerlocher, Mark O ^a   Campbell, Douglas A ^a   Ireland, Robert J ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Photosynthesis; PSII; RuBisCO; Spartina

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENZYME KINETICS; GROWTH KINETICS; MACROMOLECULES; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALTS;

PHOTOSYNTHETIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOSYSTEM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HALOPHYTE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALTMARSH;

HYMENACHNE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 2942720924     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-008     Document Type: Article

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