Claim · model-written summary
Mature vegetation roots retained as much as 85% of assimilated carbon-14 after eight weeks.
- Taxon
- mature vegetatione0
- Organ / stage
- rootse0
- Outcome
- assimilated C 1 4 remaining in the plant biomasse0
- Value
- 85%e0
- Qualifier
- 8 weeks after tagginge0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirection
Verbatim
e0“The root systems of both areas possessed over 50% and the roots of mature vegetation as much as 85% of the assimilated C 1 4 remaining in the plant biomass 8 weeks after tagging”
Title
Tagging Native Grassland Vegetation with Carbon‐14
Roger C. Dahlman; Clair L. Kucera Ecology 1968. doi:10.2307/1934516
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Method / resource The plastic tent tracer technique was effective on Missouri tallgrass prairie.
- Observation Grasses incorporated 67 to 41 μCi of carbon-14 per square metre after one exposure.
- Observation Regenerated shoots had eight times the specific activity of unclipped shoots.
- Observation Roots in both areas retained over half the assimilated carbon-14 remaining after eight weeks.
- Observation Root specific activities were similar in revegetated and mature areas.