2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Contribution of convective and diffusive gas transport to oxygen balance in belowground parts of aquatic plants.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20570015
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Ecology/Environment
Research Institution	Chiba University
Principal Investigator	TSCHIYA TAKAYOSHI Chiba University, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (20227432)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	水生植物 / 酸素輸送 / マスフロー / 拡散 / 生理生態 / 嫌気耐性
Research Abstract	Wetland plants usually suffer from oxygen deficiency in their belowground parts surrounded by reduced soils. They develop one or both of the two mechanisms, i.e., diffusion and convection, to supply oxygen from the air. Even for plants with convective gas transport, oxygen supply only by diffusion affords enough oxygen demand of roots. Oxygen supply by convection must play a role chiefly in runner elongation to enlarge their distribution.

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