Claim · model-written summary
Photosynthetic and whole-plant productivity curves were more peaked for plants from a warm variable regime.
- Taxon
- Eelgrass
Zostera marinat0 - Outcome
- net photosynthetic rate and net plant productivitye0
- Direction
- more peakede0
- Comparator
- cool less variable regimee0
- Setting
- warm highly variable temperature regimee0
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Verbatim
e0“Both net photosynthetic rate and net plant productivity were more peaked and bell-shaped across increasing temperature for plants from a warm highly variable temperature regime compared to plants from a cool less variable regime”
t0“Eelgrass, Zostera marina”
Title
Melisa C. Wong; Michael Dowd; Meredith Fraser; et al. Estuaries and Coasts 2026. doi:10.1007/s12237-026-01671-z
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Association Maximum productivity was highest in warm-regime plants across seasons.
- Association Optimal temperature was highest in warm-regime plants across seasons.
- Association Maximum productivity was lower as seasonal ambient temperature increased.
- Association Optimal temperature was higher as seasonal ambient temperature increased.
- Observation Whole-plant productivity optimal temperature ranged from 22.5 to 28.5 °C.
- Method / resource The risk map estimated 20% of predicted habitat exceeded 22 °C for at least one hour annually.
- Method / resource The risk map estimated 8.5% of predicted habitat exceeded 24 °C for at least one hour annually.
- Method / resource The risk map estimated 4.6% of predicted habitat exceeded 26 °C for at least one hour annually.
- Method / resource The risk map estimated 1.3% of predicted habitat exceeded 28 °C for at least one hour annually.