Chapter 14 Photosynthesis in Seagrasses
345
Raven JA (1970) Exogenous inorganic carbon sources in plant
photosynthesis. Biol Rev 45:167–221
Raven JA (1984) Energetics and transport in aquatic plants. AR
Liss, New York
Raven JA (1997) Inorganic carbon acquisition by marine autotrophs. Adv Bot Res 13:33–106
Raven JA and Beardall J (2003) Carbon acquisition mechanisms
of algae: carbon dioxide diffusion and carbon dioxide concentrating mechanisms. p. 225–254. In AWD Larkum, S Douglas.
and JA Raven (eds.) Photosynthesis in Algae. Kluwer Publ. Co,
Dordrecht
Raven JA, Johnston AM, Kubler JE, Korb R, Mcinroy SG, Handley LL, Scrimgeour CM, Walker DI, Beardall J, Vanderklift,
M., Fredriksen S and Dunton KH (2002) Funct Plant Biol
29:355–378
Reiskind JB, Beer S and Bowes G (1989) Photosynthesis,
photorespiration and ecophysiological interactions in marine
macroalgae. Aquat Bot 34:131–152
Ritchie RJ, Nadolny C and Larkum AWD (1996) Driving forces
for bicarbonate transport in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus R-2 (PCC 7942). Plant Physiol 112:1573–1584
Sand-Jensen K and Revsbech NP (1987) Microprofiles of oxygen in epiphyte-macrophyte associations measured by oxygen
microelectrodes. Limnol Oceanogr 32:452–457
Schreiber U, Bilger W and Schliwa U (1986) Continuous recording of photochemical and non-photochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching with a new type of modulation fluorometer. Photosynth Res 10:51–62
Schreiber U (2005) Pulse-Amplitude (PAM) fluorometry and
saturation pulse method. In G. Papageorgiou and Govindjee
(eds.). Chlorophyll fluorescence: A signature of Photosynthesis. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration Series.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, in press
Schreiber U and Bilger W (1993) Progress in chlorophyll fluorescence research: major developments during the past years
in retrospect. p. 151–173. In BH Dietmar UL Heidelberg KE
Darmstadt and Kadereit J W. (eds.) Progress in Botany, Vol 54
Springer Verlag, Berlin
Schwarz AM and Hellblom F (2002) The photosynthetic light response of Halophila stipulacea growing along a depth gradient
in the Gulf of Aqaba, the Red Sea. Aquat Bot 74:263–272
Schwarz AM, Bjork M, Buluda T, Mtolera H, and Beer S (2000)
Photosynthetic utilisation of carbon and light by two tropical
seagrass species as measured in situ. Mar Biol 137:755–761
Sculthorpe CD (1967) The Biology of Aquatic Vascular Plants.
Edward Arnold, London, 610 pp
Seddon S and Cheshire AC (2001) Photosynthetic response of
Amphibolis antarctica and Posidonia australis to temperature
and desiccation using chlorophyll fluorescence. Mar EcolProg Ser 220:119–130
Strasser RJ Srivastava A and Tsimilli-Michael (2000) The fluorescence transient as a tool to characterize and screen photosynthetic samples. p. 445–483. In M. Yunus U Pathre,
and P. Mohanty (eds.). Probing photosynthesis: mechanisms,
regulation and adaptation. Taylor and Francis Publishers,
London
Terrados J and Ros JD (1995) Temperature effects on photosynthesis and depth distribution of the seagrass Cymodocea
nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon:
the Mar Meno, SE Spain. Mar Ecol 16:133–144
Touchette BW and Burkholder JM (2000) Overview of the physiological ecology of carbon metabolism in seagrasses. J Exp
Mar Biol Ecol 250:169–205
Tyerman SD (1989) Solute and water relations of seagrasses. p.
723–759 In: AWD Larkum, AJ McComb and SA Shepherd.
Biology of Seagrasses. Elsevier Pub Co, Amsterdam
Tyerman SD, Hatcher AI, West RJ and Larkum AWD (1984)
Posidonia australis growing in altered salinities: leaf growth,
regulation of turgor and the development of osmotic gradients.
Aust J Plant Physiol 11:35–47
Vass I, Kirilovsky D & Etienne AL (1999) UV-B radiationinduced donor- and acceptor-side modifications of photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp PCC (6803)
Biochemistry 38:12786–1(2794)
Vermatt JE and Verhagen FCA (1996) Seasonal variation in
the intertidal seagrass Zostera noltii Hornem.: coupling demographic and physiological patterns. Aquat Bot 52:259–
281
Waghmode AP and Joshi GV (1983) Significance of phosphoglycolate phosphatase and 3-phosphoglycerate phosphatase
in photosynthetic carbon assimilation in some marine plants.
Photosynthetica 17:193–197
Waldron KW, Baydoun EA-H. and Brett CT (1989) Comparison of cell wall composition of tissues from the seagrasses
Halophila and Halodule. Aquat Bot 35:209–218
Webster J and Stone BA (1994) Isolation, structure and monosaccharide composition of the walls of vegetative parts of Heterozostera tasmanica (Martens ex Aschers.) den Hartog. Aquat
Bot 47:39–52
Wetzel RG and Penhale PA (1979) Transport of carbon and
excretion of dissolved organic carbon by leaves and roots/
rhizomes in seagrasses and their epiphytes. Aquat Bot 6:149–
58
Williams WI and Barber DA (1961) The functional significance of aerenchyma in plants. Soc Exptl Biol Symp 15:132–
144
Wood DC and Hayasaka SS (1981), Chemotaxis of rhizoplane
bacteria to amino acids comprising eelgrass (Zostera marina
L.) root exudate. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 50:153–61
Yamashita T and Butler WL (1968) Photoreduction and photophosphorylation with Tris-washed chloroplasts. Plant Physiol (Lanc) 43:1978–(1984)
Zimmerman RC (2003) A biooptical model of irradiance distribution and photosynthesis in seagrass canopies. Limnol
Oceanogr 48:568–585
Zimmerman RC, Kohrs DG, Steller DL and Alberte RS (1995)
Carbon partitioning in eelgrass: regulation by photosynthesis
and the response to daily light-dark cycles. Pl Physiol (Lanc)
108:1665–1671
Zimmerman RC, Kohrs DG, Steller DL and Alberte RS (1997)
Impacts of CO 2 enrichment on production and light requirements of eelgrass. Plant Physiol (Lanc) 115:599–607
345
Raven JA (1970) Exogenous inorganic carbon sources in plant
photosynthesis. Biol Rev 45:167–221
Raven JA (1984) Energetics and transport in aquatic plants. AR
Liss, New York
Raven JA (1997) Inorganic carbon acquisition by marine autotrophs. Adv Bot Res 13:33–106
Raven JA and Beardall J (2003) Carbon acquisition mechanisms
of algae: carbon dioxide diffusion and carbon dioxide concentrating mechanisms. p. 225–254. In AWD Larkum, S Douglas.
and JA Raven (eds.) Photosynthesis in Algae. Kluwer Publ. Co,
Dordrecht
Raven JA, Johnston AM, Kubler JE, Korb R, Mcinroy SG, Handley LL, Scrimgeour CM, Walker DI, Beardall J, Vanderklift,
M., Fredriksen S and Dunton KH (2002) Funct Plant Biol
29:355–378
Reiskind JB, Beer S and Bowes G (1989) Photosynthesis,
photorespiration and ecophysiological interactions in marine
macroalgae. Aquat Bot 34:131–152
Ritchie RJ, Nadolny C and Larkum AWD (1996) Driving forces
for bicarbonate transport in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus R-2 (PCC 7942). Plant Physiol 112:1573–1584
Sand-Jensen K and Revsbech NP (1987) Microprofiles of oxygen in epiphyte-macrophyte associations measured by oxygen
microelectrodes. Limnol Oceanogr 32:452–457
Schreiber U, Bilger W and Schliwa U (1986) Continuous recording of photochemical and non-photochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching with a new type of modulation fluorometer. Photosynth Res 10:51–62
Schreiber U (2005) Pulse-Amplitude (PAM) fluorometry and
saturation pulse method. In G. Papageorgiou and Govindjee
(eds.). Chlorophyll fluorescence: A signature of Photosynthesis. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration Series.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, in press
Schreiber U and Bilger W (1993) Progress in chlorophyll fluorescence research: major developments during the past years
in retrospect. p. 151–173. In BH Dietmar UL Heidelberg KE
Darmstadt and Kadereit J W. (eds.) Progress in Botany, Vol 54
Springer Verlag, Berlin
Schwarz AM and Hellblom F (2002) The photosynthetic light response of Halophila stipulacea growing along a depth gradient
in the Gulf of Aqaba, the Red Sea. Aquat Bot 74:263–272
Schwarz AM, Bjork M, Buluda T, Mtolera H, and Beer S (2000)
Photosynthetic utilisation of carbon and light by two tropical
seagrass species as measured in situ. Mar Biol 137:755–761
Sculthorpe CD (1967) The Biology of Aquatic Vascular Plants.
Edward Arnold, London, 610 pp
Seddon S and Cheshire AC (2001) Photosynthetic response of
Amphibolis antarctica and Posidonia australis to temperature
and desiccation using chlorophyll fluorescence. Mar EcolProg Ser 220:119–130
Strasser RJ Srivastava A and Tsimilli-Michael (2000) The fluorescence transient as a tool to characterize and screen photosynthetic samples. p. 445–483. In M. Yunus U Pathre,
and P. Mohanty (eds.). Probing photosynthesis: mechanisms,
regulation and adaptation. Taylor and Francis Publishers,
London
Terrados J and Ros JD (1995) Temperature effects on photosynthesis and depth distribution of the seagrass Cymodocea
nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon:
the Mar Meno, SE Spain. Mar Ecol 16:133–144
Touchette BW and Burkholder JM (2000) Overview of the physiological ecology of carbon metabolism in seagrasses. J Exp
Mar Biol Ecol 250:169–205
Tyerman SD (1989) Solute and water relations of seagrasses. p.
723–759 In: AWD Larkum, AJ McComb and SA Shepherd.
Biology of Seagrasses. Elsevier Pub Co, Amsterdam
Tyerman SD, Hatcher AI, West RJ and Larkum AWD (1984)
Posidonia australis growing in altered salinities: leaf growth,
regulation of turgor and the development of osmotic gradients.
Aust J Plant Physiol 11:35–47
Vass I, Kirilovsky D & Etienne AL (1999) UV-B radiationinduced donor- and acceptor-side modifications of photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp PCC (6803)
Biochemistry 38:12786–1(2794)
Vermatt JE and Verhagen FCA (1996) Seasonal variation in
the intertidal seagrass Zostera noltii Hornem.: coupling demographic and physiological patterns. Aquat Bot 52:259–
281
Waghmode AP and Joshi GV (1983) Significance of phosphoglycolate phosphatase and 3-phosphoglycerate phosphatase
in photosynthetic carbon assimilation in some marine plants.
Photosynthetica 17:193–197
Waldron KW, Baydoun EA-H. and Brett CT (1989) Comparison of cell wall composition of tissues from the seagrasses
Halophila and Halodule. Aquat Bot 35:209–218
Webster J and Stone BA (1994) Isolation, structure and monosaccharide composition of the walls of vegetative parts of Heterozostera tasmanica (Martens ex Aschers.) den Hartog. Aquat
Bot 47:39–52
Wetzel RG and Penhale PA (1979) Transport of carbon and
excretion of dissolved organic carbon by leaves and roots/
rhizomes in seagrasses and their epiphytes. Aquat Bot 6:149–
58
Williams WI and Barber DA (1961) The functional significance of aerenchyma in plants. Soc Exptl Biol Symp 15:132–
144
Wood DC and Hayasaka SS (1981), Chemotaxis of rhizoplane
bacteria to amino acids comprising eelgrass (Zostera marina
L.) root exudate. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 50:153–61
Yamashita T and Butler WL (1968) Photoreduction and photophosphorylation with Tris-washed chloroplasts. Plant Physiol (Lanc) 43:1978–(1984)
Zimmerman RC (2003) A biooptical model of irradiance distribution and photosynthesis in seagrass canopies. Limnol
Oceanogr 48:568–585
Zimmerman RC, Kohrs DG, Steller DL and Alberte RS (1995)
Carbon partitioning in eelgrass: regulation by photosynthesis
and the response to daily light-dark cycles. Pl Physiol (Lanc)
108:1665–1671
Zimmerman RC, Kohrs DG, Steller DL and Alberte RS (1997)
Impacts of CO 2 enrichment on production and light requirements of eelgrass. Plant Physiol (Lanc) 115:599–607