Circadian rhythms have significant effects on leaf-to-canopy scale gas exchange under field conditions

Molecular clocks drive oscillations in leaf photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, and other cell and leaf-level processes over ~24 h under controlled laboratory conditions. The influence of such circadian regulation over whole-canopy fluxes remains uncertain; diurnal CO2 and H2O vapor flux dynamics...

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Autores: Resco de Dios, Víctor, Gessler, Arthur, Ferrio Díaz, Juan Pedro, Alday, Josu G., Bahn, Michael, Castillo Díaz, Jorge del, Devidal, Sébastien, García Muñoz, Sonia, Kayler, Zachary, Landais, Damien, Martín Gómez, Paula, Milcu, Alexandru, Piel, Clément, Pirhofer Walzl, Karin, Ravel, Olivier, Salekin, Serajis, Tissue, David T., Tjoelker, Mark G., Voltas Velasco, Jordi, Roy, Jacques
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/58828
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13742-016-0149-y
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/58828
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Circadian clock
Ecological memory
Net ecosystem exchange
Scaling
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Sumario:Molecular clocks drive oscillations in leaf photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, and other cell and leaf-level processes over ~24 h under controlled laboratory conditions. The influence of such circadian regulation over whole-canopy fluxes remains uncertain; diurnal CO2 and H2O vapor flux dynamics in the field are currently interpreted as resulting almost exclusively from direct physiological responses to variations in light, temperature and other environmental factors. We tested whether circadian regulation would affect plant and canopy gas exchange at the Montpellier European Ecotron. Canopy and leaf-level fluxes were constantly monitored under field-like environmental conditions, and under constant environmental conditions (no variation in temperature, radiation, or other environmental cues).