Photochemical capacity after submersion in darkness: How Amazonian floodplain trees cope with extreme flooding

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-88

  Parolin, Pia ^a   Waldhoff, Danielle ^a   Zerm, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Evergreen; Flooding; Photochemical capacity; PSII; Submergence tolerance

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DARK; EVERGREEN TREE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; LEAF; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SAPLING; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

AMAZONIA;

GUSTAVIA; NECTANDRA AMAZONUM; POUTERIA; TABERNAEMONTANA;

EID: 77954864555     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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