Claim · model-written summary
Leaf nitrogen content was positively related to effective quantum yield in S. alterniflora.
- Taxon
- S. alterniflora
Sporobolus alternifloruse0 - Organ / stage
- leafe0
- Outcome
- effective quantum yielde0
- Direction
- positivee0
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Verbatim
e0“The relationship between leaf nitrogen content and effective quantum yield was significant and positive in S. alterniflora and S. robustus”
Title
Eric N. Madrid; Anna R. Armitage; Antonietta Quigg Journal of Coastal Research 2012. doi:10.2112/jcoastres-d-11-00142.1
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Association Soil N to P ratio was not significantly related to chlorophyll fluorescence in S. alterniflora.
- Association The fluorescence relation with soil N to P ratio was nonlinear in S. patens.
- Association The fluorescence relation with soil N to P ratio was nonlinear in S. robustus.
- Association Chlorophyll fluorescence was positively related to soil N to P ratio in S. californicus.
- Association Leaf nitrogen content was positively related to effective quantum yield in S. robustus.
- Observation S. alterniflora increased relative leaf nitrogen content over a wide range of nutrient and salinity regimes.
- Observation S. californicus had the greatest potential for photosynthetic light capture.
- Observation S. californicus had the narrowest ecological distribution.
- Association S. alterniflora was less dominant at lower salinity.
- Observation S. robustus occurred only where abiotic conditions were favorable.
- Observation S. californicus occurred only where abiotic conditions were favorable.
- Observation Field conditions spanned a wider range than those considered in laboratory investigations.