We describe the general background and the recent advances in research on underwater
photosynthesis of leaf segments, whole communities, and plant dominated aquatic …

R iver floodplains are attrac-tive places to settle for plants, animals and, since, the beginning
of agriculture, people. Human habitation of floodplains is steadily increasing worldwide, as …

All higher plants require water to be freely available for their establishment and survival. On
the other hand, water can be a very effective barrier to gas exchange. In conjunction with …

Seagrass 611C values reported in the literature show variation over a range of
approximately 20XtJ. A frequency histogram constructed on the basis of the collected data …

Seagrasses grow submerged in aerated seawater but often in low O2 sediments. Elevated
temperatures and low O2 are stress factors. Internal aeration was measured in two tropical …

Unlike in land plants, photosynthesis in many aquatic plants relies on bicarbonate in
addition to carbon dioxide (CO2) to compensate for the low diffusivity and potential depletion …

This review highlights four major topics in plant flooding research: the processes underlying
vegetation zonation in the floodplain, the challenges of using model species to reveal …

Many wetland plants have gas films on submerged leaf surfaces. We tested the hypotheses
that leaf gas films enhance CO2 uptake for net photosynthesis (PN) during light periods, and …

Summary 1 Plant performance of species in river floodplains is negatively affected by
submergence, due to severely hampered gas exchange under water. Several individual …

The influence of the amplitude of cyclic water level fluctuations on the growth of four species
of emergent macrophyte (Cyperus vaginatus, Phragmites australis, Triglochin procerum and …