Oxygen defiency in Spartina alterniflora Roots: Metabolic Adaptation to Anoxia
Mendelssohn IA, McKee KL, Patrick WH. 1981. Oxygen defiency in Spartina alterniflora Roots: Metabolic Adaptation to Anoxia. Science. 214(4519):439-441
The aerenchyma tissue in the wetland macrophyte Spartina alterniflora conveys sufficient oxygen to roots for predominately aerobic respiration in moderately, but not highly, reduced substrates. Continuously flooded plants survive by respiring anaerobically, although growth is decreased.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Mendelssohn, I.; McKee, K.; Patrick, W.
- Units
- LAKE
- Keywords
- Flooding, root oxygen defeciency, Salt Marshes