Leaf gas films of Spartina anglica enhance rhizome and root oxygen during tidal submergence

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2083-2092

  Winkel, Anders ^a,b   Colmer, Timothy David ^a   Pedersen, Ole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Halophyte; Internal aeration; Leaf hydrophobicity; Oxygen transport; Salt marsh; Submergence tolerance; Tidal inundation; Underwater photosynthesis; Wetland plant

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DARK; ELECTRODE; FLOOD; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT EFFECT; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHIZOME; ROOT; SALTMARSH; SUBMERGENCE; TIDAL CYCLE; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DARKNESS; GAS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; RHIZOME;

DARKNESS; GASES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIGHT; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; RHIZOME; WATER;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 80855139730     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02405.x     Document Type: Article

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