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ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
卷 24, 期 3, 页码 645-653出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0535-8
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Alpine meadow; Carbon gain; Moss; Photosynthetic induction; Relative humidity
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资金
- Natural Science Foundation of China [30670318]
- National Institute for Environment Studies, Japan
- Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, China
Bryophytes are widely distributed in alpine meadow and wetlands on the Tibetan Plateau, where light intensity and air moisture are highly variable in time. To address how bryophytes respond to their light and moisture environments, we examined dynamic photosynthesis in two moss species, Distichium inclinatum common in meadow, and Encalypta alpine frequently found in wetland. Photosynthetic induction response was faster in the two moss species than in most vascular species. In both species the 90% induction time after a sudden light increase from 50 to 600 mu mol m(-2) s(-1) was within 3 min. The induction was faster in mosses experiencing a period of weak light than in those in total darkness. E. alpina, the wetland species, showed more rapid induction response and shorter post-illumination CO2 fixation to sunflecks than D. inclinatum, the meadow species. Photosynthetic rate (A (max)) under saturated light in the two species increased linearly with increasing air relative humidity (RH). The meadow species D. inclinatum showed higher A (max) under low RHs, but exhibited lower A (max) under high RHs in comparison with the wetland moss E. alpina. Moreover, the quantum efficiency increased linearly with increasing RH, indicating that air humidity plays a critical role in photochemical activities in the alpine mosses. The study suggests that there are acclimations in dynamic photosynthesis in response to light and humidity, and the acclimations would benefit a high leaf carbon gain in the two alpine moss species in their common habitats.
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