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Influence of the pycnocline on the vertical migration of chaetognaths in the northern Benguela 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The vertical distribution and migration patterns of chaetognathswere studied at a sampling station off northern Namibia (18°00'S,10°30'E during a 48 h sampling cycle. The sampling areawas characterized by mixing of the Angola current with the northernmostwaters of the Benguela current in the surface region. The continuousflow of the Angola current during the study period gave riseto a thermocline and a halocline at a depth of 40 m. The samplingintervals used to study the behaviour of epipelagic chaetognathspecies under these conditions were 200100, 10060,6040, 4020 and 200 m. A total of 10 differentchaetognath species were captured. Sagitia enflata was the predominantspecies, with a mean density of 4400 individuals per 1000 m3in daytime hauls, accounting for 54.1% of all individuals collectedin the samples. Sagitia minima was the next most predominantspecies, with a mean density of 2400 individuals per 1000 m3in daytime hauls, accounting for 16.6% of the chaetognath communitysampled. Three maturity stages were considered in analysingpossible ontogenetic migrations. Nearly all the species wereaggregated above the pycnocline, and stages I and II of manyspecies carried out short migrations in the surface layers.The limited migration pattern, together with a staggered distributionof the different species and stages above the pycnocline, hasbeen interpreted as a space partitioning mechanism to preventintra- and interspecific competition. 相似文献
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The abundant species of Calanus that dominate the mesozooplanktonof high North Atlantic latitudes overwinter at depths >500m, when the population loses 7080% of its biomass bypredation and physiological stress. This represents an annualflux of carbon, obtained in the photic zone, into the interiorof the ocean of 274.5 mg C m2 year1, or 0.0018Gt C year1 for the North Atlantic. This is a small valuecompared with the flux of respiratory carbon by diel migrantsin warmer oceans and, when extrapolated to a global flux (0.0120.018Gt C year1 over areas where winter migrations are importantis also small compared with computations of the global sinkingflux of particles through 200 m (1.63.8 Gt C year1or other relevant global carbon fluxes in the oceans. 相似文献
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Angelika Brandt 《Biodiversity and Conservation》1997,6(11):1533-1556
During three expeditions with the RVs Meteor and Polarstern more than sixty thousand peracarids were sampled from the deep Arctic Ocean (northern North Atlantic) by means of an epibenthic sledge. Sampling areas were the Kolbeinsey Ridge north of Iceland (800–1100 m), the Northeast Water Polynya, off Greenland (45–517m), and 75°N east of Greenland (197–2681m). Until now 288 species of Peracarida have been identified to species level. These 288 species comprise 152 genera and 59 families of Amphipoda, Cumacea, Isopoda, Mysidacea and Tanaidacea. Thirty-eight genera were very frequent and were sampled at each expedition (these were 22 species of Isopoda, seven species of Cumacea, three species of Amphipoda and Mysidacea, each, and two species of Tanaidacea). Sixty genera are eurybathic, occurring at least over a depth range of 1000m, some even from the shelf up to 2681m depth. Only 10 genera are stenobathic, occurring only in the deep sea. No significant decrease in species number with depth or latitude could be observed. The influencing factors probably causing different community structures are diverse, ranging from food availability over substrate or hydrographical qualities to interspecific competition. 相似文献
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The Barents Sea is an important area with respect to fisheriesresources (i.e. capelin and cod). In May, June and August 1981zooplankton biomass was measured along a transect at 30°E,from the ice border southwards. A maximum was recorded in Atlanticwater by the end of June (>100 g wet weight m2 InAugust the biomass values were relatively low south of the Polarfront and increased northwards into Arctic water (50g m2 The species composition was influenced by the distributionof cold Arctic water and warmer Atlantic water. The zooplanktonwas dominated by the copepods Calanus finmarchicus and C. glacialis;the former is regarded as an Atlantic species and C. glacialisas an Arctic species. 相似文献
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Pyrosoma atlanticum (Tunicata, Thaliacea): grazing impact on phytoplankton standing stock and role in organic carbon flux 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Drits Alexander V.; Arashkevich Elena G.; Semenova Tatjana N. 《Journal of plankton research》1992,14(6):799-809
Pyrosomas are the large group of pelagic tunicates whose trophicrole in pelagic communities has not yet been sufficiently studied.We ran across a local area of high concentration of the mostwidespread and commonest species of pyrosomas, Pyrosoma atlanticum,450 miles off the Congo river mouth. The following was estimated:gut pigment content, defecation rate, organic carbon and pigmentcontent of fecal pellets, and sinking rate. Based on these dataand the measured number of pyrosomas colonies the grazing impacton phytoplankton and the fecal pellet flux were calculated.During the night swarms of 5065 mm P.atlanticum removed53% of phytoplankton standing stock in the 010 m layer;sparsely distributed pyrosomas consumed only 4%. The grazingimpact in the 050 m layer was only 12.5 and <1% respectively.The fecal pellet flux resulting from nocturnal feeding of P.atlanticumwhile swarming made up 1.41.6 x 106 pellets m210 h1 or 3051035 mg C m2 10 h1 and1.4 x 105 pellets m2 10 h1 or 87.4 mg C m210 h1 while non-swarming. Incubation experiments showedthe rapid degradation of fecal pellets at 23°C: the lossof pigment and carbon content was {small tilde}6070%after 45 h. We believe that given the sinking rate of 70 m day1the main part of fecal material does not leave the upper watercolumn and is retained in the trophic web of the epipelagiclayer. 相似文献
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Perez Valesca; Fernandez Emilio; Maranon Emilio; Serret Pablo; Garcia-Soto Carlos 《Journal of plankton research》2005,27(2):189-197
The seasonal variability of phytoplankton in the EquatorialAtlantic was analysed using Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor(SeaWiFS)-derived chlorophyll a (Chl a) concentration data from1998 to 2001, together with in situ Chl a and primary productiondata obtained during seven cruises carried out between 1995and 2000. Monthly averaged SeaWiFS Chl a distributions werein agreement with previous observations in the Equatorial Atlantic,showing marked differences between 10° W in the EasternTropical Atlantic (ETRA) and 25° W in the Western TropicalAtlantic (WTRA) provinces (Longhurst et al. 1995. J. PlanktonRes., 17, 12451271). The seasonal cycle of SeaWiFS-derivedChl a concentration calculated for 010° S, 020°W (ETRA) is consistent with in situ Chl a measurements, withvalues ranging from 0.16 mg m3, from February to April,to 0.52 mg m3 in August. Lower variability was observedin 10° N10° S, 2030° W (WTRA) whereminimum and maximum concentrations occurred in April (0.15 mgm3) and in August (0.24 mg m3), respectively.A significant empirical relationship between depth-integratedprimary production and in situ measured sea surface Chl a wasfound for ETRA, allowing us to estimate the seasonal cycle ofdepth-integrated primary production from SeaWiFS-derived Chla. As for Chl a, this model was verified in a small area ofthe Eastern Equatorial Atlantic (010° S, 020°W), although in this instance it was not completely able todescribe the magnitude and temporal variability of in situ primaryproduction measurements. The annual euphotic depth-integratedprimary production rate estimated for ETRA by our empiricalmodel was 1.4 Gt C year1, which represents 16% of theopen ocean primary production estimated for the whole AtlanticOcean. 相似文献
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The importance of macrophyte bed size for cladoceran composition and horizontal migration in a shallow lake 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
Lauridsen Torben; Pedersen Leif Junge; Jeppesen Erik; Sonergaard Martin 《Journal of plankton research》1996,18(12):2283-2294
Cladoceran composition and diel horizontal migration were studiedin 2, 10 and 25 m diameter macrophyte exclosures establishedin the littoral zone of shallow Lake Stigsholm, Denmark. Theexclosures were protected from waterfowl grazing, but open tofish. The macrophyte community cornprized Potwnogeton pectinatus,Potamogeton pusillus and Callitriche hemaphroditica. Cladoceranswere sampled randomly every third hour inside and outside themacrophyte exclosures during a 24 h period. In the 2m exclosure,the pelagic species Ceriodaphnia spp. and Bosmina spp. dominatedduring the day, mean density being as high as 3430 indiv. l1During the night, density decreased to 1020% of the daytimedensity thus indicating diel horizontal migration. In the 10and 25 m exciosures, the daytime mean density of Ceriodaphniaspp. was 865 and 202 indiv. l1, respectively, and didnot decrease at night. In contrast to the pelagic species, thedensity of macrophyte-associated species tended to be higherin the 10 and 25 m exclosure than in the 2 m exclosure. In thedaytime, Eurycercus lamellatus density in the 2, 10 and 25 rnmacrophyte exclosures was 7, 28 and 16 indiv. l1 respectively,while that of Simocephalus vetulus was 11, 171 and 92 mdiv.l1, respectively. There was no thy-night difference inthe density of macrophyte-associated species. We conclude thatcladoceran community composition varies with macrophyte bedsize, and that the edge zone between the bed and open wateris an important daytime refuge for potentially migrating pelagiccladocerans. 相似文献
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Bowers James A.; Cooper William E.; Hall Donald J. 《Journal of plankton research》1990,12(6):1279-1286
Submersible dives provided an opportunity to observe the opossumshrimp. Mysis relicta, in Lake Superior (64°54'N, 67°09'W,depth = 280 m). Observations included probable mating, midwaterand benthic responses, and several swimming modes. While matingthe male and female were joined in a ventral to ventral positionby interlaced thoracic appendages. During the evening ascentor predawn descent mysids actively swam vertically upwards anddownwards using their thoracic appendages which beat metachronally.When escaping from the bottom, mysids thrust their abdomensdownwards and rapidly accelerate directly forwards. The midwaterresponse, significantly slower than the benthic response, wasa jerky laterally undulatory movement which propelled the animalat a 45° angle from the forward motion. In a cruising modeMysis swims with its periopods, parallel to the bottom, at approximatespeeds of 25 cm1. A remotely operated vehiclewas employed to observe mysids at close range at the sedimentwaterinterface at deep-water and nearshore stations in northern LakeMichigan (44°34'N, 87°7'W, depth = 100 m, Algoma, Wisconsinharbor, depth = 20 m) during May 2325, 1987. At the 20m inshore station mysids occurred in significant numbers duringthe day in very bright light. Mysid swimming behavior on thebottom at deep-water stations significantly fashioned the sedimentlandscape, a potentially important form of superficial bioturbation. 相似文献
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The occurrence of four species of the genus Gnathophausia takenin several series of vertically discrete hauls in the easternNorth Atlantic is discussed. The five sets of samples describedhere were taken at the following positions: (i) six stationsbetween 11 and 60°N, close to the 20°W meridian; (ii)three other stations between 42 and 55°N; (iii) stationsin the North West African upwelling area; (iv) five stationsacross the Azores Front at 3035 3034°W; (v)three stations close to an area of weak hydrographic frontsbetween 3940°N 15°W and 4546 14°W.Distribution of species above 15002000 m are describedand, where possible, correlated with the hydrographic regime. 相似文献
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An attempt has been made to separate constituents of marineseston samples: inorganic material, detritus and the algal species,by density gradient centrifugation, without affecting the physiologicalstate of the algae. A relatively inert gradient material, consistingof Percoll, salt and sucrose, was composed. Since the densitiesof detritus and algae as well as those of different algal speciesoften overlapped, only 10 of the 100 samples processed in thecourse of the year showed a reasonable separation. However,an enrichment with respect to one or more species was oftenachieved. Densities of eleven species of marine diatoms andof one dinoflagellate have been determined at different timesof the year. For eight diatom species and for the dinoflagellatethe following specific density ranges were established: Bidduiphiaaurita: 1.181.23 g cm3, Biddulphia sinensis: 1.031.08g cm3, Cerataulina bergonii: 1.031.06 g cm3,Ditylum brightwellii: 1.071.13 g cm3, Rhizosoleniadelicatula: 1.041.09 g cm3, Skeletonema costatum:1.121.17 g cm3, Streptotheca thamensis: 1.041.10g cm3 , Thalassiosira rotula: 1.051.10 g cm3,Peridinium sp.: 1.081.12 g cm3. No seasonal variationin density was demonstrated. Gradients of different compositiondid not influence density measurements. 相似文献
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Copepod egg production, moulting and growth rates, and secondary production, in the Skagerrak in August 1988 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Peterson William T.; Tiselius Peter; Kiorboe Thomas 《Journal of plankton research》1991,13(1):131-154
Measurements of hydrography, chlorophyll, moulting rates ofjuvenile copepods and egg production rates of adult female copepodswere made at eight stations along a transect across the Skagerrak.The goals of the study were to determine (i) if there were correlationsbetween spatial variations in hydrography, phytoplankton andcopepod production rates, (ii) if copepod egg production rateswere correlated with juvenile growth rates, and (iii) if therewas evidence of food-niche separation among co-occumng femalecopepods The 200 km wide Skagerrak had a stratified water columnin the center and a mixed water column along the margins. Suchspatial variations should lead to a dominance of small phytoplanktoncells in the center and large cells along the margins; however,during our study blooms of Gyrodinium aureolum and Ceratium(three species) masked any locally driven differences in cellsize: 50% of chla was >11 µm, 5% in the 1150µm fraction and 45% <50 µm. averaged for allstations. Chlorophyll ranged from 0.2 to 2.5 µg l1at most depths and stations. Specific growth rates of copepodsaveraged 0.10 day1 for adult females and 0.27 day1for juveniles The latter is similar to maximum rates known fromlaboratory studies, thus were probably not food-limited. Eggproduction rates were food-limited with the degree of limitationvarying among species: 75% of maximum for Centropages typicus, 50% for Calanus finmarchicus, 30% for Paracalanus parvus and 15% for Acartia longiremis and Temora longicornis. Thedegree of limitation was unrelated to female body size suggestingfood-niche separation among adults. Copepod production, summedover all species, ranged from 3 to 8 mg carbon m3day1and averaged 4.6 mg carbon m1 day1. Egg productionaccounted for 25% of the total. 相似文献
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Vertical distribution of pelagic chaetognaths and feeding of Sagitta enflata in the Central Equatorial Pacific 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The vertical distribution and feeding of pelagic chaetognathsat 5°S, 160°W in the Central Equatorial Pacific wereinvestigated using a series of 0500 m vertical haulswith a VMPS net over a 24 h period between 6 and 7 October 1990.The total number of individuals per haul was between 370 and688. Fourteen species in four genera were found at this station.The most abundant species was Sagitta enflata which comprised32.461.1% of the individuals collected from the 0500m layer. Mesopelagic species made up 9.315.1% of thetotal number of individuals. Sagitta enflata and Pterosagittadraco were found in the upper part of the thermocline both byday and at night. The fraction of the population containingfood items (FCF) of S.enflata in the 050 m layer variedbetween 4.8 and 12.5% (mean 10.8%) and feeding activity washighest between sunrise and noon. The percentages of Copepoda,Foraminifera, crustacean larvae, Chaetognatha, Pteropoda, Ostracoda,fish and unidentified material in the gut of S.enflata were51.9,6.7,3.8,2.9,1.9,1.9 and 30.9%, respectively. Sagitta enflataconsumed food organisms which were mainly between 0.5 and 1.0mm in length. The daily feeding rate of S.enflata was 1.81 preyper individual, which was equivalent to 8.06 mg C m2day1. This corresponded to 相似文献
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Temporal variability in the night-time distribution of epipelagic siphonophores in the North Atlantic Ocean at Bermuda 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The temporal variability of siphonophores was compared on night-to-night,month-to-month and year-to-year scales in open-net collectionsmade at or near the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS) site.These collections were made as oblique tows to 100 m on (i)one summer night in each of 1986, 1989 and 1991, (ii) one nightper month on 13 cruises between April 1991 and August 1992,and (iii) three consecutive summer nights of 1992. The meanwet displacement volume (WDV) of sipho nophores in the thesecollections was 1.4 ± 0.6 ml per 100 m3 or 20 ±10% of the total catch biovolume. The most common species belongedto the Calycophorae families Diphyidae and Abylidae: the combinednumerical abundance of Chelophyes appendiculala, Eudoxoidesmitra, Lensia subtilis. Eudox-oides spiralis, Bassia bassensisand Abytopsis eschscholtzi averaged 300400 per 100 m3.Combined numbers of these common species varied little whensampled hour by hour at the same location during consecutivesummer nights or at different night-time sampling locations101102 km apart when these were sampled within 35h. In contrast, most of these six species exhibited 2- to 3-folddifferences in night-time abundance between summers of differentyears and between seasons. Three seasonal groups were detected,with a winter group being the most distinct from the others.Changes in the abundance of several species were correlatedwith seasonal changes in the depth of the mixed layer. 相似文献
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Yield stress threshold (Y) and volumetric extensibility () arethe rheological properties that appear to control root growth.In this study they were measured in wheat roots by means ofparallel measurement of the growth rate (r) of intact wheatroots and of the turgor pressures (P) of individual cells withinthe expansion zone. Growth and turgor pressure were manipulatedby immersion in graded osmoticum (mannitol) solutions. Turgorwas measured with a pressure probe and growth rate by visualobservation. The influence of various growth conditions on Yand was investigated; (a) At 27 °C.In 0.5 mol m3 CaCl2 r, P, Y and were20.7±4.6 µm min1, 0.77±0.05 MPa,0.07±0.03 MPa and 26±1.9 µm min1MPa1 (expressed as increase in length), respectively.Following 24 h growth in 10 mol m3 KC1 these parametersbecame 12.3±3.5 µm min1, 0.72±0.04MPa, 0.13±0.01 MPa and 21±0.7 µm min1MPa1. After 24 h osmotic adjustment in 150 mol m3mannitol/0.5 mol m3 CaCl2 r= 19.6±4.2 µmmin1, P = 0.68±0.05 MPa and Y and were 0.07±0.04MPa and 30±0.2 µm min1 MPa01, respectively.After 24 h growth in 350 mol m3 mannitol/0.5 mol m3CaCl2 r= 13.3±4.1 µm min1, P= 0.58±0.07MPa, Y=0.12±0.01 MPa and ø 32±0.2 tim min1MPa1. During osmotic adjustment in 200 mol m3mannitol/0.5 mol m3 CaCl2, with or without KCl, the recoveryof growth rate corresponded to turgor pressure recovery (t1/2approximately 3 h). (b) At 15 °C. Lowered temperature dramatically influencedthe growth parameters which became r= 8.3±2.8 um min1,P=0.78 MPa, r=<0.2 MPa and =15±0.1 µm min1MPa1. Therefore, Y and are influenced by 10 mol m3 K+ ionsand low temperature. In each case the effective pressure forgrowth (P-Y) was large indicating that small fluctuations ofsoil water potential will not stop root elongation. Key words: Yield threshold, cell wall extensibility, wheat root growth, temperature, turgor pressur 相似文献
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The growth of heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) in mesotrophicLake Constance was measured in situ during a 13 month period.Experiments were conducted with 10 µm pre-filtered lakewater incubated in diffusion chambers at 3 m water depth atthe sampling location for 24 h. Growth rates were calculatedfrom changes in cell numbers occurring during the period ofincubation. Growth rates of all dominant taxa showed pronouncedseasonal variation (0.13 to 1.76 day1 and weregenerally highest in summer at high water temperatures. In situgrowth rates were well below maximum growth rates known forthe respective and similar species from laboratory experiments.While water temperature was a key parameter positively relatedto the growth of all HNF species, the effect of various potentialfood items was taxon specific and less clear. Bacterial abundancewas equally important as temperature for growth in the smallbactenvorous Spumella sp., but was insignificant for growthrates of the larger omnivorous Kathablepharis sp. In Spuniellasp., 84% of the observed seasonal variation of its growth ratecould be explained by temperature and bacterial food supply.Based on these results, a multiple linear regression equationwith temperature and bacterial concentration as dependent variableswas calculated for the growth rate of Spumella. Taxon-specificproduction rates were derived from growth rates and averagebiomass of these two species, and compared to total HNF productionestimated from previously measured community growth rates andbiomass in Lake Constance. Production peaks of Spumella sp.and Kathablepharis sp. alternated seasonally. Total HINF productionranged from 0.01 to 10 mg C m3 day1. Theaverage seasonal production varied between 1.4 and 33 mg C m3day1 over 6 consecutive years. These small protozoa thuscontribute a substantial amount to total zooplankton productionin Lake Constance. 相似文献
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The productive and optical status of the oligotrophic waters of the Southern Aegean Sea (Cretan Sea), Eastern Mediterranean 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Primary production, pigment concentrations and spectral measurementsof downwelling irradiance were made at four stations in fourseasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter) during 1994 in thewaters of the South Aegean Sea (Cretan Sea), Eastern Mediterranean.Rates of production were determined using in Situ incubationtechniques and included measurements at the surface microlayer.Depth-integrated values averaged over season were 5.66 mg Cm2 h1 for primary production and the correspondingchlorophyll (Ch1) a and phaeophytin (Phaeo) a values had meansof 4.87 and 1.21 mg m3 respectively. The assimilationratio remained very low (mean over season: 1.19 mg C mg2Chl a h1 as did the Phaeo a/Chl a ratio (mean over season:0.24). The annual production for the area was estimated to yield24.79 g C m2 year1. Primary production and Chla estimates showed statistically significant seasonal, spatialand depth variations. The spectral values of the attenuationcoefficient Kd ( 相似文献
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The dominant species in an early spring phytoplankton increasein characteristically antarctic waters north of South GeorgiaIsland is described as Thalassiosira scotia G. Fryx. et Hobanand compared to related species in the South Atlantic, suchas T. antarctica Comber and T. austratis Peragallo. Found ona cooperative US-Argentine cruise of the ISLAS ORCADAS 1778,T. scotia dominated the phytoplankton in the well-mixed watercolumns of two stations more than 100 km apart. The maximumabu dance of the new species recorded in a discrete water samplewas about 315,000 cells/liter, with up to 18.4 x 109 cells undera m2 in the top 100 m, in spite of the fact that there was nowell-marked thennocline to aid in maintaining one water massand thus netaining the population in the euphotic zone. A fewresting spores were noted in one station. The water temperaturein the area was about 1°C, and the salinity 33.9 o/oo. 相似文献
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Whipple Stuart J.; Patten Bernard C.; Verity Peter G. 《Journal of plankton research》2005,27(5):495-501
Using well plates of Phaeocystis pouchetii colonies isolatedfrom experimental mesocosms in western Norway, increases incolony size and division were documented. Median longest lineardimensions increased 07 µm h1; literaturePhaeocystis globosa values are 0.94.7 µm h1.Ten to twelve percent of colonies divided at rates of 0.210.28divisions day1. Daughter colonies were 100 µm smallerthan mother colonies. Colonies delayed 3.54.9 days tofirst division, compared with literature values of 45days for P. globosa. This study provides the first experimentalevidence for colony division of wild P. pouchetii. 相似文献
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The possible role in drought resistance played by sclerophyllywas studied in the Mediterranean oaks Quercus ilex, Q. suberand Q. pubescens. Studies were conducted on leaves at 30, 50and 80% of their final surface area, as well as on mature leavesof the current year's growth in June and September and on 1-year-oldleaves. Leaves of different ages of the three species showed quite differentdegrees of sclerophylly (DS). Q. ilex leaves reached the definitiveDS of 1.75 g dm2 during leaf expansion; Q. pubescensleaves hardened at the end of their expansion, with a finalDS of 0.93 g dm2; Q. suber showed the lowest DS of 0.76g dm2. Leaf conductance to water vapour (g1) of 1-year-old leaves ofQ. ilex, measured in the field, showed a duration of the g1peak values about twice that of the other two species. The minimumleaf relative water content (RWC), however, was near the samein the three species, indicating that water loss was recoveredpartly by Q. ilex leaves. This was apparently due to the higherbulk modulus of elasticity ( 相似文献
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Root Hydraulic Conductivity of Two Cactus Species in Relation to Root Age, Temperature, and Soil Water Status 总被引:6,自引:1,他引:5
The effects of root age, temperature, and soil water statuson root hydraulic conductivity (LP) were investigated for twocactus species, Ferocactus acanthodes and Opuntia ficus-indica.The volumetric flux density of water was measured for excisedroot segments, either using negative hydrostatic pressures appliedto the proximal end or using reverse flow of water from theroot to the soil. For both species, LP at 20 ?C increased withroot age, average values reaching a maximum of 3.9 ? 107m s1 MPa1 for F. acanthodes and 5.2 ? 107m s1 MPa1 for O.ficus-indica at 11 to 17 weeksof age; LP subsequently declined with increasing root age forboth species. LP was maximal at a temperature of about 10 ?Cfor the youngest roots (13 weeks), this optimum shiftingto 40 ?C for 8-week-old roots of both species. For older roots(up to 1.5-years-old), LP increased with temperature from 0?C to 50 ?C, with a Q10 of 1.3 between 20 ?C and 30 ?C. At asoil water potential (soil) of 0.016 MPa, root LP wasindependent of the direction of water flow for both species.Depending on root age, LP declined 45- to 500-fold for F. acanthodesand 90- to 800-fold for O.ficus-indica as soil was reduced from0.016 to 1.06 MPa, consistent with a rectifier-likebehaviour with respect to water movement between soil and roots.Incorporation of such responses into water uptake models shouldlead to a better understanding of root function. Key words: Ferocactus acanthodes, Opuntia ficus-indica, water potential, tension, reverse flow 相似文献