Desiccation induced nitrate and ammonium uptake in the red alga <i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN; mso-fareast-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:HI" lang="EN-IN">Catenella repens </span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN; mso-fareast-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:HI" lang="EN-IN">(Rhodophyta, Gigartinales)</span>
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Desiccation induced nitrate and ammonium uptake in the red alga Catenella repens (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales)
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Datta, Ramalakshmi
Datta, B K |
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Description |
458-460
Nitrate and ammonium uptake rates were measured under laboratory conditions for the intertidal mangrove alga C. repens when the thalli were desiccated to 0-60% and resubmerged. An enhancement in the nitrate and ammonium uptake was seen in plants desiccated up to 20-40%.These enhanced rates were 1.76 (for nitrate) and 1.42 (for ammonium) times higher than the uptake rates of fully hydrated plants (control). After desiccation, the enhancement in the nitrate uptake rates on resubmergence lasted much longer than the increase in ammonium uptake. The degree and duration of this enhancement in nitrate uptake due to desiccation must be aiding the alga in the procurement of nitrogen. |
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2014-01-15T09:43:41Z
2014-01-15T09:43:41Z 1999-12 |
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Article
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0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/25713 |
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en_US
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CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
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NISCAIR-CSIR, India
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IJMS Vol.28(4) [December 1999]
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