Abstract
Nearly all types of gas-exchange devices produce accurate results given adequate precautions, but devices differ greatly in expense, portability, range of parameters measured, sample handling capacity, and experience required for accurate measurements. No single device represents the best solution for all gas-exchange problems.
Unusual difficulties encountered in studying gas exchange in the vegetation of the wet tropics include transportation, high humidity, unreliable power, and a wide range of leaf sizes. The specific devices which most successfully overcome these difficulties in particular situations may be open or closed systems with or without environmental control. We comment on the advantages and drawbacks of a number of classes of instruments designed to measure the exchange of water vapor or carbon dioxide by plants.
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Field, C., Mooney, H.A. (1984). Measuring Gas Exchange of Plants in the Wet Tropics. In: Medina, E., Mooney, H.A., Vázquez-Yánes, C. (eds) Physiological ecology of plants of the wet tropics. Tasks for vegetation Science, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7299-5_10
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