Temperature Effects on Assimilation and Respiration in the Fontinalis duriaei-Periphyton Association
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Bryologist
- Vol. 82 (3) , 382-392
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3242214
Abstract
F. duriaei Schimp. was collected from Coles Creek in Houghton County, Michigan [USA], to determine its assimilation and respiration under 5 temperature (1, 5, 10, 15, 20.degree. C) and 3 light (2400, 5400, 10,800 lx) conditions, using a Gilson differential respirometer. At 5400 lx the F. duriaei-periphyton association exhibited peak assimilation at 10.degree. C, where it approached light saturation under the experimental ccnditions. Adaptation to cool climates and spring and fall growth maxima are implicated.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Temperature Survival of Fontinalis novae-angliae Sull.The Bryologist, 1974