沈阳城市森林小气候特征的研究

研究了沈阳城市森林不同生长期小气候温湿日变化特征.结果表明,城市森林不同生长期气温日变化趋势是早晨气温最低、午后气温最高,但受森林生态环境的影响,最高峰比太阳辐射峰值迟滞约2 h.一年四季气温日变幅为森林停止生长期(休眠期)＞生长季前期＞生长季后期＞生长季中期.森林生长季前期、中期、后期土壤温度为白天高于夜间,而停止生长期(休眠期)为夜间高于白天.不同生长期土温日振幅为上层(20 cm)＞中层(40 cm)＞下层(80 cm),而同一层不同生长期的土温日振幅为土层深20 cm时,生长季前期＞生长季后期＞停止生长期(休眠期)＞生长季中期;土层深＞40 cm(80 cm)时,生长季前期＞停止生长期(休眠期)＞生长季后期＞生长季中期.城市森林空气相对湿度日变化与气温和地温日变化则夜间的空气相对湿度高于白天,但不同生长期相对湿度值日变化为生长季中期＞生长季后期＞停止生长期(休眠期)＞生长季前期.     

钙与植物的向性生长

植物的向性生长是指植物体在受到定向的外部刺激后,所产生的一种定向的生长反应。其中特别受到重视的是茎的向光性生长(phototropic growth)、根的向地性生长(geotr-opic growth)和花粉管的向化性生长(chemotropic growth)。显然,茎的向光性生长促进其向空间伸展,有利于吸收阳光;根的向地性生长促进其向土壤深扎,有利于吸收养     

鼎湖山锥栗木质部形成及其对气候的响应

为了解鼎湖山锥栗(Castaneahenryi)木质部的年内生长动态及其对气候因子的响应,利用微树芯采样技术对锥栗木质部进行连续监测,采用广义可加模型拟合生长过程,并利用混合效应模型分析木质部形成与气候因子的关系。结果表明,鼎湖山锥栗木质部在2015年几乎保持全年生长,呈现显著的季节性差异。在doy200 (200 days of year)之前木质部快速生长(生长季前期),doy300之后(生长季后期)生长速率出现下降趋势。生长季前期的木质部生长速率与温度、光合有效辐射存在显著正相关关系,生长季后期木质部生长速率与气候因子之间的相关关系并不显著。这说明中国南亚热带阔叶树种锥栗木质部形成及其调节机制具有季节性差异,反映了木质部形成对环境的适应性。     

玉龙雪山3个针叶树种在海拔上限的径向生长及气候响应

树木生长对气候变化的响应是国内外研究的热点。选择滇西北高原玉龙雪山海拔分布上限3个主要树种(长苞冷杉(Abies georgei)、丽江云杉(Picea likiangensis)和大果红杉(Larix potaninii Batal var.macrocarpa Law)),对其径向生长特征进行研究,构建差值年表,并分析其与温度和降水的相互关系。研究结果表明:(1)温度和降水均为玉龙雪山海拔上限树木生长的主要影响因子,但不同树种响应的时期和关系存在差异;(2)大果红杉生长主要受限于生长初期(5—6月)的水热条件,主要表现为与当年5月、6月以及生长初期(5—6月)的平均温呈显著正相关,以及与当年5月、6月以及生长初期的降水呈显著负相关;(3)长苞冷杉生长主要受限于生长初期(5—6月)的水分条件,表现为显著负相关,同时生长盛期(7—8月)温度的升高有利于其径向生长;(4)丽江云杉的生长则主要受限于生长季开始以前的气候条件,与上年12月以及当年5月的平均温呈显著负相关,与当年1月的降水呈显著正相关。本研究的结果可为气候变化对滇西北高原树木生长影响的研究提供参考,并为该地区历史气候重建提供科学基础。     

pH影响Ca~(2 )和EGTA对水霉(Saprolegnia ferax)菌丝顶端生长的作用效应

水霉(Saprolegia ferax)菌丝在pH6.0-8.0的OM液体培养基中生长良好,在pH5.0时生长速率有所下降,在pH3.0—4.0时停止生长。短时间(30min)作用研究表明,低浓度的CaCl_2促进pH5.0(1—5mmol/L)和pH6.0(1mmol/L)条件下的菌丝顶端生长,抑制pH7.0—8.0条件下的菌丝生长。1mmol/L以上的EGTA则抑制pH5.0条件下菌丝顶端生长,促进pH6.0—8.0条件下的菌丝顶端生长。但CaCl_2和EGTA都不能使pH3.0—4.0条件下的菌丝恢复生长。长时间(8h)作用跟踪观察表明,2mmol/L EGTA(pH6.8)短时间作用可促进菌丝生长,但随着培养时间延长,则产生抑制作用,并诱导原生质从菌丝最顶端喷出。说明细胞壁Ca~(2 )起着提供胞外Ca~(2 )源和细胞壁修饰成分的双重作用。Ca~(2 )通道阻断剂verapamil对菌丝顶端生长的抑制作用也说明顶端生长所需的Ca~(2 )来自胞外。     

发酵动力学教学释疑解难尝试

在发酵动力学课程教学中,针对菌体生长速率与菌体比生长速率、菌体实际生长得率系数(Yx/s)与理论生长得率系数(Ygs)、产物实际得率系数(Yp/s)与理论得率系数(Yps)、补料分批发酵中比生长速率调控等常见知识难点进行了释疑解难尝试,收到了较好的课堂教学效果。     

花生壳培养基对杏鲍菇菌丝生长的影响

以农业废料花生壳为主要原料设计不同配方,筛选适宜杏鲍菇菌丝生长的培养基及培养料.结果表明,母种培养基以m(花生壳):m(马铃薯)=3:1的配方生长最快,平均生长速度为4.53 mm/d,长势最旺盛;原种及栽培种培养料按m(棉籽壳):m(花生壳)=1:1的配方菌丝生长最快而健壮,生长速度可达5.43 mm/d.因此,在花...     

描述和比较鱼类生长的快慢不宜使用生长指标(lgl_(t 1)-lgl_t)/0.4343)×l_t

生长率(l_(t 1)-(l_t))/l_t与生长指标((lgl_(t 1)-lgl_t)/0.4343)×l_t具有如下截然相反的数学特性：一个世代在t龄年初的平均体长l_t的年生长量l_(t 1)-l_t如果取常数值,则随着l_t增大,生长率单调减小表示生长减慢;但生长指标单调增大。由此可以看出,生长率符合而生长指标违背它们所要描述和比较的生长快慢固有的生物学概念。因此,有必要建议世界各国的鱼类生态学界停止使用生长指标。     

东北地区植被物候对气候变化的响应

使用1982—2003年GIMMS-NDVI数据和气候数据,借助GIS空间分析和统计分析方法,分析了东北地区不同植被物候期与气候变化的关系。结果表明:22年东北地区年均温度以升高趋势为主,年降水量以减少趋势为主;针叶林、针阔叶混交林、阔叶林、草甸和沼泽植被生长季开始日期提前受春季温度升高影响显著(P<0.05)。春季降水对植被生长季开始日期变化影响较小,仅对针叶林生长季开始日期的推迟有显著的影响(P<0.05)。植被生长季结束日期受温度变化影响较小,仅草原植被生长季结束日期提前受秋季温度降低影响显著(P<0.05)。降水对东北地区植被生长季结束日期的变化影响高于温度。随着秋季降水量的减少,针阔叶混交林、草原和农田植被生长季结束日提前(P<0.05)。草丛生长季结束日期提前受夏季降水减少的影响显著(P<0.05);农田生长季结束日期提前亦受夏季和9月降水量减少的显著影响(P<0.05)。阔叶林和沼泽植被生长季延长受春季温度升高影响显著(P<0.05);灌丛植被生长季缩短受春季降水量减少影响显著(P<0.05);草丛和农田植被生长季延长受夏季降水量增加影响显著(P<0.05)。     

长白山红松不同树高处径向生长特征及其对气候的响应

利用长白山红松不同树高(0.3、1.3、4、10、15、20、25 m)处的径向生长资料,分析各树高处径向生长特征,建立红松生长与气候因子的相关关系,以期完善红松种群对气候变化的响应机制。结果表明:(1)红松不同树高处年径向生长量变化趋势基本一致,除在1980年前后,20 m处径向生长量出现异常增加外,其他各高度径向生长均出现下降趋势,红松基部和顶端(0.3、1.3 m和20 m)处径向生长年际变化更明显。随着树高增加,各处年径向生长率有所降低,0.3m处生长速率最大,且与10 m和15 m处径向生长差异显著(P < 0.05)。(2)不同树高处径向生长对气候因子的响应存在明显差异,10 m树高是红松径向生长对温度和降水响应差异的分界线。10 m以下红松径向生长主要受到生长季温度的负作用,尤其是4 m处,与当年生长季初期(4月和5月)温度显著负相关(P < 0.05)。0.3 m和1.3 m处径向生长分别与上年9月平均温度显著正相关(P < 0.05),当年6月平均和最高温度显著负相关(P < 0.05)。随着树高上升,降水对径向生长的促进作用增强,而温度对径向生长的作用也发生改变。10 m(含)以上则受到温度和降水的共同作用。10 m处径向生长对气候因子响应最敏感,受到当年生长季高温的抑制作用,还与上年和当年生长季末(9月)降水显著正相关(P < 0.05)。15 m处径向生长与上年9月最低温度和降水显著正相关(P < 0.05),而与当年5月月平均温度显著负相关(P < 0.05)。20 m处径向生长与当年3月月平均、最低和最高温度,当年7月月平均温度以及当年5月降水显著正相关(P < 0.05),而与当年1月降水显著负相关(P < 0.05)。     

长白山阔叶红松林不同演替阶段林下红松幼苗能量与养分季节动态

为了解林下红松幼苗生长和养分存储季节动态,以长白山原始阔叶红松林(原始林)和次生杨桦林(次生林)林下2年生红松幼苗为对象,研究林下光合有效辐射(PAR)、幼苗生物量、非结构性碳水化合物(NSC)、全氮(N)和全磷(P)等指标的季节变化,分析两林分林下光照的季节动态及其差异对红松幼苗生长和养分积累的影响。结果表明: 原始林和次生林林下月PAR累积量季节变化都呈“双峰”型,夏季为郁闭期,两林分林下光线弱。春季和秋季为阔叶树无叶期,林下光照条件变好,且次生林林下光照明显好于原始林;原始林和次生林红松幼苗的生物量、NSC、全N和全P浓度的季节动态与林下光照的季节变化基本一致,在春季和秋季表现为显著增加,在夏季呈下降趋势。春季幼苗的淀粉浓度增加,夏季淀粉和可溶性糖浓度均逐渐降低,到8月达到最低值,秋季可溶性糖浓度显著升高。春季和秋季次生林林下幼苗的生物量和NSC浓度整体上均显著高于原始林,而夏季两林分差异不显著。因此,春季和秋季的林下光照条件差异是影响原始林和次生林中红松幼苗养分积累和生长更新差异的主要原因。     

Seasonality and drivers of stem CO2 efflux for four temperate coniferous tree species

Aims Stem CO₂ efflux (E_s) is an important component of annual carbon budget in forest ecosystems, but how biotic and environmental factors regulate seasonal and inter-specific variations in E_s is poorly understood. The objectives of this study were: (1) to compare seasonal dynamics in E_s for four temperate coniferous tree species in northeastern China, including Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis), Korean spruce (Picea koraiensis), Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica), and Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii); and (2) to explore factors driving the inter-specific variability in E_s during the growing and non-growing seasons.
Methods Ten to twelve trees for each tree species were sampled for E_s and stem temperature at 1 cm depth beneath the bark (T_s) measurements in situ with an infrared gas analyzer (LI-6400 IRGA) and a digital thermometer, respectively, from July to October 2013 and March to July 2014. The daily stem circumference increment (S_i), sapwood nitrogen concentration ([N]), and related environmental factors were monitored simultaneously.
Important findings The temporal variation in E_s for the four tree species overall followed the changes in T_s throughout the study period, with the maxima occurring in the summer months (late May to early July) characterized by higher temperature and more rapid stem growth and the minima in spring (late March to April) or autumn (October) having lower temperature. T_s accounted for 42%-91% and 56%-89% of variations in E_s during the growing (May to September) and non-growing (other months) seasons, respectively. Furthermore, apart from T_s, we also found significant regression relationships between E_s and S_i, relative air humidity and [N] during the growing season, but their forms and correlation coefficients were species-dependent. These results indicated that T_s was the dominant environmental factor affecting seasonal variations in E_s, but the magnitude of the effect varied with tree species and growth rhythm. Mean E_s for each of the four tree species was significantly higher in the growing season than in the non-growing season, whereas within the season there were also significant differences in mean E_s among the tree species (all p < 0.05). The temperature sensitivity of E_s (Q₁₀ value) did not differ significantly among the tree species during the growing season, ranging from 1.64 for Dahurian larch to 2.09 for Mongolian pine, but did differ during the non-growing season which varied from 1.80 for Korean pine to 3.14 for Dahurian larch. Moreover, Korean spruce, Mongolian pine and Dahurian larch had significantly greater Q₁₀ values in the non-growing season than in the growing season (p < 0.05). These findings suggested that the differences of the response of E_s to temperature change for different tree species were mainly from the non-growing season. Because the seasonality and inter-specific variability in E_s for these temperate coniferous tree species were primarily controlled by multiple factors such as temperature, we conclude that using a single annual temperature response curve to estimate the annual E_s may lead to more uncertainty.     

Growth response of Pinus densiflora seedlings to different fertilizer compound ratios in a recently burned area in the eastern coast of Korea

This study was conducted to determine fertilizer compound ratios suitable for soil conditions and tree seedling growth in recently burned areas in Korean forests. Currently, the conventional fertilizer ratio applied to undisturbed forests in Korea is N:P:K 3:4:1. In this study, Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora S. et Z.) seedlings planted in the burned area were fertilized over four growing seasons with the following NPK compound ratios: unfertilized (CON), 3:4:1, 6:4:1, 3:8:1, and 3:4:2. Fertilization generally increased current-year needle nutrient concentrations of the seedlings, and the chlorophyll a:b ratio in CON was significantly lower than in all fertilized plots. Fertilization significantly affected the growth of the pine seedlings, which had 71–87 % more height growth and 29–67 % increased root collar diameter (RCD) compared to CON. The increases in height and RCD were significantly higher with the 6:4:1 and 3:8:1 ratios than with the 3:4:1 ratio. The 3:4:2 and 3:4:1 fertilizer ratios had no effect on the RCD growth of seedlings. This suggests that the early growth of pine seedlings could be improved by providing high N and P supplies to areas affected by forest fires rather than the conventional fertilizer ratio of 3:4:1 in Korean forest soils. Therefore, application of the suitable fertilization ratio may be a very effective way to reduce reforestation cost as well as to shorten restoration period.     

Differences in the success of sugar maple and red maple seedlings on acid soils are influenced by nutrient dynamics and light environment

Variation in tolerance to nutrient limitations may contribute to the differential success of sugar maple ( Acer saccharum Marsh.) and red maple ( Acer rubrum L.) on acid soils. The objectives of this study were to examine these relationships as influenced by light environment and test whether sensitivity to nutrient stress is mediated by oxidative stress. First-year sugar maple and red seedlings were grown on forest soil cores contrasting in nutrient availability under high or low light intensity. Foliar nutrition, photosynthesis, growth and antioxidant enzyme activity were assessed. Photosynthesis and growth of sugar maple were significantly lower on nutrient-poor soils and were correlated with leaf nutrient status with Ca and P having the strongest influence. For red maple, only chlorophyll content showed sensitivity to the nutrient-poor soils. High light exacerbated the negative effects of nutrient imbalances on photosynthesis and growth in sugar maple. Antioxidant enzyme activity in sugar maple was highest in seedlings growing on nutrient-poor soils and was inversely correlated with photosynthesis, Ca, P, and Mg concentrations. These results suggest that: (1) sugar maple is more sensitive to nutrient stresses associated with low pH soils than red maple; (2) high light increases sugar maple sensitivity to nutrient stress; (3) the negative effects of nutrient imbalances on sugar maple may be mediated by oxidative stress.     

凉水自然保护区不同皮型红松径向生长对气候的响应

运用相关函数及单年分析等树木年轮气候学方法,研究了黑龙江凉水国家自然保护区不同皮型红松径向生长与气候因子的关系、主要影响因子及这种响应关系是否长期稳定.结果表明: 细皮红松更适合做树木年轮气候学分析.两种皮型红松的径向生长对环境变化都比较敏感,对气候因子的响应无显著差异.1902—2009年生长季,尤其当年6月的气候因子是影响研究区两种皮型红松生长的主要因子.其中,温度表现为显著负相关,降水表现为显著正相关.不同时间段内红松径向生长对气候因子的响应存在差异,随着1970年后气温的快速升高及干旱的加剧,两种皮型红松径向生长对气候因子的响应更敏感,尤其表现为对生长季温度和更多季节水热复合因子变化（帕尔默干旱指数）的响应更显著.
     

Relationship between net photosynthesis and nitrogen in Scots pine: Seasonal variation in seedlings and shoots

The relationship between light saturated net photosynthesis (A_max) and nitrogen concentration (N) was studied in needles of both Scots pine seedlings, grown at three relative growth rates (2,6 and 8%) controlled by nutrient addition rate, and Scots pine shoots collected from four sites with different fertility. In the seedlings, A_max was measured on 14 different dates starting at the beginning of the second growing season and ending when growth of the new shoot and the secondary needles had finished. In shoots from the natural stands A_max of the previous-year shoots was measured on 6 dates throughout the growing season.Both in seedlings and shoots, the correlation between A_max and N was poor, when data from all sampling dates were taken together. However, A_max was correlated with N in most instances when the age of the needles was considered and the data were examined either at weekly intervals (seedlings) or separately for each sampling date (shoots). The slope of the A_max vs N relationship varied greatly between sampling dates. In the seedlings the correlation between A_max and N was strongest by the time when the new needles were developing. In the shoots the correlation was significant from mid June until mid August, while no correlation was found in the beginning and at the end of the growing season.Our data indicate that in pine needles the photosynthesis-nitrogen relationship is more complex than in broadleaved species. Contrary to the broadleaved species, where the correlation is independent of sampling time, in this conifer the time of the year affects the correlation and there are phases during the growing season when the correlation is poor or nonexistent.Abbreviations A_max light saturated net photosynthesis - kPa kilopascal - N nitrogen concentration in the needles - PFD photon flux density (400–700 nm) - RGR relative growth rate     

模拟增温对西藏高原高寒草甸土壤供氮潜力的影响

过去几十年青藏高原呈现显著的增温趋势,冬季增温幅度显著高于生长季的季节非对称特征。气候变暖会对生态系统氮素循环产生重要影响,但关于全年增温与冬季增温对高寒生态系统氮循环的不同影响仍缺乏研究。在青藏高原高寒草甸区开展模拟增温试验,研究季节非对称增温对高寒草甸生态系统氮循环的影响。该试验布设于2010年7月,设置3种处理(不增温、冬季增温与全年增温)。研究结果发现,开顶箱增温装置造成了小环境的暖干化:显著提高了地表空气温度和表层土壤温度,降低了表层土壤含水量。冬季增温会加剧土壤中氮素的流失,所以在经历了冬季增温后土壤氮含量显著降低;在生长季节,土壤氮素周转速率受土壤水分的调控,在降雨较少的季节,增温引起的土壤含水量降低会抑制土壤氮周转速率。对于土壤微生物量而言,高寒草甸土壤微生物量碳表现出明显的季节动态,在生长季旺盛期较低,在生长季末期和初冬季节反而较高,这说明为了降低对土壤养分的竞争,高寒草甸植物氮吸收与土壤微生物氮固持在时间上存在分离。研究结果表明,冬季增温导致的土壤养分含量变化会影响随后生长季植物群落的生产力、结构组成与碳氮循环等过程,对生态系统过程产生深远的影响。     

Atmospheric CO2 enrichment increases growth and photosynthesis of Pinus taeda: a 4 year experiment in the field

Forest trees are major components of the terrestrial biome and their response to rising atmospheric CO₂ plays a prominent role in the global carbon cycle. In this study, loblolly pine seedlings were planted in the field in recently disturbed soil of high fertility, and CO₂ partial pressures were maintained at ambient CO₂ (Amb) and elevated CO₂ (Amb + 30 Pa) for 4 years. The objective of the study was to measure seasonal and long-term responses in growth and photosynthesis of loblolly pine exposed to elevated CO₂ under ambient field conditions of precipitation, light, temperature and nutrient availability. Loblolly pine trees grown in elevated CO₂ produced 90% more biomass after four growing seasons than did trees grown in ambient CO₂. This large increase in final biomass was primarily due to a 217% increase in leaf area in the first growing season which resulted in much higher relative growth rates for trees grown in elevated CO₂. Although there was not a sustained effect of elevated CO₂ on relative growth rate after the first growing season, absolute production of biomass continued to increase each year in trees grown in elevated CO₂ as a consequence of the compound interest effect of increased leaf area on the production of more new leaf area and more biomass. Allometric analyses of biomass allocation patterns demonstrated size-dependent shifts in allocation, but no direct effects of elevated CO₂ on partitioning of biomass. Leaf photosynthetic rates were always higher in trees grown in elevated CO₂, but these differences were greater in the summer (60–130% increase) than in the winter (14–44% increase), reflecting strong seasonal effects of temperature on photosynthesis. Our results suggest that seasonal variation in the relative photosynthetic response to elevated CO₂ will occur in natural ecosystems, but total non-structural carbohydrate (TNC) levels in leaves indicate that this variation may not always be related to sink activity. Despite indications of canopy-level adjustments in carbon assimilation, enhanced levels of leaf photosynthesis coupled with increased total leaf area indicate that net carbon assimilation for the whole tree was greater for trees grown under elevated CO₂ compared with ambient CO₂. If the large growth enhancement observed in loblolly pine were maintained after canopy closure, then these trees could be a large sink for fossil carbon emitted to the atmosphere and produce a negative feedback on atmospheric CO₂.     

Salinity and light interactively affect neotropical mangrove seedlings at the leaf and whole plant levels

We have studied the interactive effects of salinity and light on Avicennia germinans mangrove seedlings in greenhouse and field experiments. We hypothesized that net photosynthesis, growth, and survivorship rates should increase more with an increase in light availability for plants growing at low salinity than for those growing at high salinity. This hypothesis was supported by our results for net photosynthesis and growth. Net daily photosynthesis did increase more with increasing light for low-salinity plants than for high-salinity plants. Stomatal conductance, leaf-level transpiration, and internal CO₂ concentrations were lower at high than at low salinity. At high light, the ratio of leaf respiration to assimilation was 2.5 times greater at high than at low salinity. Stomatal limitations and increased respiratory costs may explain why, at high salinity, seedlings did not respond to increased light availability with increased net photosynthesis. Seedling mass and growth rates increased more with increasing light availability at low than at high salinity. Ratios of root mass to leaf mass were higher at high salinity, suggesting that either water or nutrient limitations may have limited seedling growth at high salinity in response to increasing light. The interactive effects of salinity and light on seedling size and growth rates observed in the greenhouse were robust in the field, despite the presence of other factors in the field—such as inundation, nutrient gradients, and herbivory. In the field, seedling survivorship was higher at low than at high salinity and increased with light availability. Interestingly, the positive effect of light on seedling survivorship was stronger at high salinity, indicating that growth and survivorship rates are decoupled. In general, this study demonstrates that environmental effects at the leaf-level also influence whole plant growth in mangroves.     

Responses of Pinus clausa, Pinus serotina and Pinus taeda seedlings to anaerobic solution culture. II. Changes in tissue nutrient concentration and net acquisition

Fifteen or 30 days of anaerobic growth conditions significantly reduced shoot and root nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, iron and manganese concentrations in seedlings of pond pine ( Pinus serotina Michx.), sand pine [ P. clausa (Engelm.) Sarg.] and drought-hardy and wet-site loblolly pine ( P. taeda L.) grown in a culture system using non-circulating, continuously flowing solution. Calcium and shoot magnesium levels were least affected by anaerobic growth conditions – largely reflecting the passive nature of their uptake. Shoot and root nutrient content (mg nutrient pot^-1) followed similar trends, with wet-site loblolly and pond pine seedlings least affected by anaerobic solution culture. Shoot biomass of wet-site loblolly and pond pine seedlings was not affected by anaerobiosis, suggesting an increase in shoot nutrient utilization efficiency. Root biomass was significantly reduced by 15 or 30 days of anaerobiosis, with sand pine exhibiting the largest reduction in root dry weight (57%).
These results suggest that anaerobiosis interferes with net nutrient acquisition, even under the high nutrient conditions provided by solution culture. Sand pine suffered the largest reductions in shoot and root biomass and nutrient concentrations, showing earlier symptoms of waterlogging injury and nutrient stress than drought-hardy loblolly pine seedlings. Whether net nutrient acquisition decreased because of the reduction in root surface area available for absorption and/or reduced uptake efficiency cannot be ascertained from these data.