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Table 1 Plant size

From: Can differences in phosphorus uptake kinetics explain the distribution of cattail and sawgrass in the Florida Everglades?

Species

Oxygen

P

Leaf length

(m)

Root length

(m)

Plant weight

(g DW)

Root fraction

(%)

Cladium

High oxygen

Low

1.01 ± 0.05

0.30 ± 0.03

5.6 ± 0.7

17.4 ± 1.9

  

High

0.98 ± 0.09

0.50 ± 0.10

7.0 ± 1.9

16.1 ± 1.6

 

Low oxygen

Low

1.00 ± 0.12

0.32 ± 0.04

7.0 ± 1.9

18.3 ± 2.2

  

High

0.95 ± 0.08

0.30 ± 0.06

12.8 ± 2.9

14.1 ± 2.2

Typha

High oxygen

Low

0.69 ± 0.12

0.48 ± 0.05

5.8 ± 0.5

22.3 ± 1.9

  

High

0.96 ± 0.05

0.42 ± 0.06

11.6 ± 1.4

8.7 ± 1.6

 

Low oxygen

Low

0.96 ± 0.06

0.39 ± 0.03

9.1 ± 1.3

15.1 ± 2.0

  

High

1.08 ± 0.09

0.29 ± 0.04

23.6 ± 4.3

7.7 ± 0.6

  1. Average (± SE, n = 4-8) leaf and root length, total plant weight and percentage of biomass allocated to roots of the Cladium mariscus spp. jamaicense and Typha domingensis plants acclimated to a low and a high P level (5 and 500 μg P l-1) and to aerated and low oxygen conditions (8.0 and <0.5 mg O2 l-1) in hydroponic culture solutions