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FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 12, Pages 1107-1121Publisher
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/FP05118
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leaf respiration; nocturnal stomatal conductance; Quercus rubra; stable oxygen isotope ratio
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Variation in the oxygen isotope composition of within-canopy CO2 has potential to allow partitioning of the ecosystem respiratory flux into above- and below-ground components. Recent theoretical work has highlighted the sensitivity of the oxygen isotope composition of leaf-respired CO2 (delta(Rl)) to nocturnal stomatal conductance. When the one-way flux model was tested on Ricinus communis L. large enrichments in delta(Rl) were observed. However, most species for which the isotope flux partitioning technique has been or would be applied (i.e. temperate tree species) are much more conservative users of water than R. communis. So, high stomatal conductance and very high enrichment of delta(Rl) observed may not be typical for temperate tree species. Using existing gas-exchange measurements on six temperate tree species, we demonstrate significant water loss through stomata for all species (i.e. statistically significantly greater than cuticular loss alone) at some time for some leaves during the night. delta(Rl) values predicted by the one-way flux model revealed that delta(Rl) might be very much more enriched than when the net flux alone is considered, particularly close to sunrise and sunset. Incorporation of the one-way flux model into ecosystem respiration partitioning studies will affect model outputs and interpretation of variation in the oxygen isotope composition of atmospheric CO2.
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