Claim · model-written summary
Ceratophyllum turions had lower metabolic rates than vegetative shoots.
- Taxon
- Ceratophyllum demersum
Ceratophyllum demersume0 - Organ / stage
- Winter buds or turionse0
- Outcome
- metabolic ratese0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- vegetative shootse0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Winter buds or turions, produced by certain species such as Hydrilla verticillata and Ceratophyllum demersum, showed lower metabolic rates as compared with vegetative shoots of the same species”
Title
Ecological Studies on the Productivity of Aquatic Plant Communities I.
Isao IKUSIMA Shokubutsugaku Zasshi 1965. doi:10.15281/jplantres1887.78.202
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation Hydrilla attained maximum photosynthesis of 38mg O2/g dry weight/hr in August.
- Observation Most species usually had photosynthesis of 5-10mg O2/g/hr in summer.
- Observation Aquatic macrophyte photosynthetic activity was 1/2 to 1/10 of land plants on a leaf-area basis.
- Observation Hydrilla turions had lower metabolic rates than vegetative shoots.
- Observation Aquatic communities had two profile structure types.
- Observation Vallisneria formed the linear-leaved grass type of community.
- Observation Potamogeton illustrated the herb type of community.
- Observation Community photosynthesis declined from upper to basal layers.
- Observation Community respiration was fairly constant with depth.
- Observation Early Vallisneria community net production was -0.59g dry matter/m2/day in June.
- Observation Developed Potamogeton community produced 0.50g dry matter/m2/day in May.
- Observation Vallisneria gross production was 0.66g dry matter/m2/day.
- Observation Potamogeton gross production was 2.39g dry matter/m2/day.