Crassulacean acid metabolism enhances underwater photosynthesis and diminishes photorespiration in the aquatic plant Isoetes australis

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 332-339

  Pedersen, Ole ^a,b   Rich, Sarah Meghan ^a   Pulido, Cristina ^a,b   Cawthray, Gregory Robert ^a   Colmer, Timothy David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM); Isoetids; Leaf malate; Photorespiration; Submergence tolerance; Underwater photosynthesis; Vernal pool; Wetland plant

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; WATER;

AQUATIC PLANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERN; LEAF; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ROCK POOL; SUBMERGENCE;

AIR; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL RESPIRATION; DRUG EFFECT; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOSS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT; TIME; TITRIMETRY;

AIR; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AUSTRALIA; BRYOPHYTA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIGHT; MALATES; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS; TITRIMETRY; WATER;

CRASSULACEAE; ISOETES; ISOETIDAE;

EID: 79953053245     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03522.x     Document Type: Article

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