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Effects of Increased Carbon Supply on the Growth, Nitrogen Metabolism and Photosynthesis of Vallisneria natans Grown at Different Temperatures

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Vallisneria natans is often used for the ecological restoration of aquatic vegetation. V. natans thalli were cultured under ambient (400 ppm) and increased carbon supply, with low (18 °C) and high temperature (25 °C). The thalli were used to examine the effects of increased carbon and high temperature on the growth, nitrogen metabolism and photosynthetic characteristics of this plant. At 18 °C, the relative growth rate (RGR), N uptake rate and nitrate reductase (NR) activity of V. natans thalli grown under ambient carbon supply were lower than those under increased carbon supply. The increased carbon supply decreased the RGR, N uptake rate, NR activity and maximum inorganic carbon (Ci) -saturated photosynthetic rate (Vmax) of V. natans when it was cultured at 25 °C. Regardless of the carbon supply levels, the growth, nitrogen uptake capacity and photosynthesis of V. natans thalli grown at 25 °C decreased compared with those of V. natans thalli grown at 18 °C. The RGR and photosynthetic rate of V. natans grown in the presence of increased carbon supply and high temperature were the lowest amongst the four different conditions. Therefore, the negative effects caused by a high temperature were pronounced under the condition of a global atmospheric CO2 increase.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFC0405302), Hunan Science & Technology of Major Project (2018SK1010) and Hunan Science & Technology of Water Conservancy ([2016]194-13, [2016]194-12 and [2017]230-15).

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    Heng Jiang, Bing Huang, Zhan Qian, Yue Xu, Xiaohong Liao, Ping Song & Xichun Li

  2. College of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Heng Jiang

  3. Hunan Key Laboratory of Water Environment Treatment and Ecological Restoration in Dongting Lake, Changsha, 410007, China

    Bing Huang, Zhan Qian, Yue Xu, Xiaohong Liao, Ping Song & Xichun Li

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Jiang, H., Huang, B., Qian, Z. et al. Effects of Increased Carbon Supply on the Growth, Nitrogen Metabolism and Photosynthesis of Vallisneria natans Grown at Different Temperatures. Wetlands 40, 1459–1467 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-020-01293-6

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