The effects of CO2 enrichment on various ecophysiological parameters of tropical seagrass Thalassia hemprichii(Ehrenb.) Aschers were tested.T.hemprichii,collected from a seagrass bed in Xincun Bay,Hainan island of Southern China,was cultured at 4 CO2(aq) concentrations in flow-through seawater aquaria bubbled with CO2.CO 2 enrichment considerably enhanced the relative maximum electron transport rate(RETR max) and minimum saturating irradiance(Ek) of T.hemprichii.Leaf growth rate of CO2 enriched plants was s...
【英文摘要】
The effects of CO2 enrichment on various ecophysiological parameters of tropical seagrass Thalassia hemprichii(Ehrenb.) Aschers were tested.T.hemprichii,collected from a seagrass bed in Xincun Bay,Hainan island of Southern China,was cultured at 4 CO2(aq) concentrations in flow-through seawater aquaria bubbled with CO2.CO 2 enrichment considerably enhanced the relative maximum electron transport rate(RETR max) and minimum saturating irradiance(Ek) of T.hemprichii.Leaf growth rate of CO2 enriched plants was s...
【基金】
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40776086);
the Project of Knowledge Innovation Program of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (LYQY200706)
【更新日期】
2010-11-15
【分类号】
Q945
【正文快照】
Introduction The ocean has captured between 28 and 34% of the an- thropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emitted to the atmosphere between 1980 and 1994 (Sabine et al. 2004; Millero 2007). The ensuing increase in ocean CO 2 (aq) concentration (Sabine et al. 2