C3 and CAM Photosynthetic Characteristics of the Submerged Aquatic Macrophyte Littorella uniflora: Regulation of Leaf Internal CO2 Supply in Response to Variation in Rooting Substrate Inorganic Carbon Concentration |
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Authors: | ROBE, W. E. GRIFFITHS, H. |
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Abstract: | The relationships between CO2 concentrating mechanisms, photosyntheticefficiency and inorganic carbon supply have been investigatedfor the aquatic macrophyte Littorella uniflora. Plants wereobtained from Esthwaite Water or a local reservoir, with thelatter plants transplanted into a range of sediment types toalter CO2 supply around the roots. Free CO2 in sediment-interstitial-waterranged from 101 mol m3 (Esthwaite), 0.79 mol m3(peat), 0.32 mol m3 (silt) and 017 mol m3(sand), with plants maintained under PAR of 40 µmol m2s1. A comparison of gross morphology of plants maintained underthese conditions showed that the peat-grown plants with highsediment CO2 had larger leaf fresh weight (069 g) andtotal surface area (223 cm2 g1 fr. wt. including lacunalsurface area) than the sand-grown plants (0.21 g and 196 cm2g1 fr. wt. respectively). Root fresh weights were similarfor all treatments. In contrast, leaf internal CO2 concentration[CO2], was highest in the sand-grown plants (269 molm3, corresponding to 6.5% CO2 in air) and lowest inthe Esthwaite plants (108 mol m3). Expressionof CAM in transplants was also greatest in the low CO2 regime,with H+ (measured as dawn-dusk titratable acidity) of 50µmolg fr. wt., similar to Esthwaite plants in natural sediment.Assuming typical CAM stoichiometry, decarboxylation of malatecould account largely for the measured [CO2]1 and would makea major contribution to daytime CO2 fixation in vivo. A range of leaf sections (02, 10, 50 and170 mm) was used to evaluate diffusion limitation andto select a suitable size for comparative studies of photosyntheticO2 evolution. The longer leaf sections (17.0 mm), which weresealed and included the leaf tip, were diffusion-limited witha linear response to incremental addition of CO2 and 10mol m3 exogenous CO2 was required to saturate photosynthesis.Shorter leaf sections were less diffusion-limited, with thegreatest photosynthetic capacity (36 µmol O2 g1 fr. wt. h1) obtainedfrom the 1.0 mm size and were not infiltrated by the incubatingmedium. Comparative studies with 1.0 mm sections from plants grown inthe different sediment types revealed that the photosyntheticcapacity of the sand-grown plants was greatest (45 µmolO2 g1 fr. wt. h1) with a K0.5 of 80 mmol m3.In terms of light response, saturation of photosynthesis intissue slices occurred at 8501000 µmol m2s1 although light compensation points (611 µmolm2s1) and chlorophyll a: b ratios (1.3) were low.While CO2 and PAR responses were obtained using varying numbersof sections with a constant fresh weight, the relationshipsbetween photosynthetic capacity and CO2 supply or PAR were maintainedwhen the data were expressed on a chlorophyll basis. It is concludedthat under low PAR, CO2 concentrating mechanisms interact inintact plants to maintain saturating CO2 levels within leaflacunae, although the responses of the various components ofCO2 supply to PAR require further investigation. Key words: Key words-Uttorella uniflora, internal CO2 concentration, crassulacean acid metabolism, root inorganic carbon supply, CO2 concentrating mechanism |
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