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The gas-exchange method has been used to measure net carbon dioxide assimilation at different temperatures and irradiances in leaves of salt-treated and untreated plants of Spartina anglica. The results together with those of the CO2 compensation point and leaf anatomical data clearly indicate that Spartina anglica is a high photosynthetic capacity plant. At high temperatures and irradiances leaves of the salt-treated plants were able to maintain net photosynthesis, in contrast to the behaviour of leaves of untreated plants.
The ecological significance of these results is discussed.
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Mallott, P.G., Davy, A.J., Jefferies, R.L. et al. Carbon dioxide exchange in leaves of Spartina anglica Hubbard. Oecologia 20, 351–358 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345525
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