Light-stress avoidance mechanisms in a Sphagnum-dominated wet coastal Arctic tundra ecosystem in Alaska

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 633-644

  Zona, D ^a,b   Oechel, Walter C ^b   Richards, James H ^c   Hastings, Steven ^d   Kopetz, Irene ^e   Ikawa, Hiroki ^b   Oberbauer, Steven ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Polar Field Services Inc   (United States)

^e Amphos XXI   (Spain)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic tundra; CO2 fluxes; Light stress avoidance; Photoinhibition; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; GROWING SEASON; METABOLISM; MOSS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TUNDRA; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPHAGNOPSIDA; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIGHT; SPHAGNOPSIDA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WETLANDS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79955537219     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0822.1     Document Type: Article

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