COMPARISON OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC PERFORMANCE AND CARBOXYLATION CAPACITY IN A RANGE OF AQUATIC MACROPHYTES OF DIFFERENT GROWTH FORMS
COMPARISON OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC PERFORMANCE AND CARBOXYLATION CAPACITY IN A RANGE OF AQUATIC MACROPHYTES OF DIFFERENT GROWTH FORMS
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-3770(93)90078-b
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发表时间:
1993-02-01
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影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
BEER, S
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作者:
MADSEN, TV;SANDJENSEN, K;BEER, S
Photosynthesis, carbon extraction capacity and ribulose-1,5-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RUBISCO) activity were determined for 35 species of submerged aquatic macrophytes differing with respect to taxonomy, growth form and habitat. Photosynthetic rates per unit of chlorophyll and dry weight at ambient CO2 concentrations (about 15 muM) as well as carbon extraction capacity increased among plant groups in the order: isoetids, amphibious species, elodeids with no apparent HCO3- use, elodeids with HCO3- use, marine angiosperms and marine macroalgae. Photosynthetic rates at elevated CO2 concentrations (300-350 muM) showed the same pattern but smaller differences among the groups. Only for some of the marine macroalgae did photosynthesis at ambient CO2 approach photosynthesis at elevated CO2. Species with high carbon extraction capacity, presumably based on active HCO3- use, usually had low RUBISCO activity, low chlorophyll content and low surface to volume ratio. The opposite pattern was found among species with low carbon extraction capacity. The low chlorophyll content and high chlorophyll specific photosynthesis of species with high carbon transport capability (i.e. particularly the marine algae), suggest that running costs associated with inorganic carbon assimilation are reduced when a CO2 concentrating system operates.