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dc.contributor.authorVilas, MP
dc.contributor.authorAdams, MP
dc.contributor.authorBall, MC
dc.contributor.authorMeynecke, JO
dc.contributor.authorSantini, NS
dc.contributor.authorSwales, A
dc.contributor.authorLovelock, CE
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-19T01:21:03Z
dc.date.available2019-09-19T01:21:03Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0221950
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/387506
dc.description.abstractTree stems swell and shrink daily, which is thought to reflect changes in the volume of water within stem tissues. We observed these daily patterns using automatic dendrometer bands in a diverse group of mangrove species over five mangrove forests across Australia and New Caledonia. We found that mangrove stems swelled during the day and shrank at night. Maximum swelling was highly correlated with daily maxima in air temperature. Variation in soil salinity and levels of tidal inundation did not influence the timing of stem swelling over all species. Medium-term increases in stem circumference were highly sensitive to rainfall. We defoliated trees to assess the role of foliar transpiration in stem swelling and shrinking. Defoliated trees showed maintenance of the pattern of daytime swelling, indicating that processes other than canopy transpiration influence the temporary stem diameter increments, which could include thermal swelling of stems. More research is required to understand the processes contributing to stem shrinking and swelling. Automatic Dendrometer Bands could provide a useful tool for monitoring the response of mangroves to extreme climatic events as they provide high-frequency, long-term, and large-scale information on tree water status.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrome0221950
dc.relation.ispartofissue9
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPLoS ONE
dc.relation.ispartofvolume14
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310305
dc.titleNight and day: Shrinking and swelling of stems of diverse mangrove species growing along environmental gradients
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationVilas, MP; Adams, MP; Ball, MC; Meynecke, JO; Santini, NS; Swales, A; Lovelock, CE, Night and day: Shrinking and swelling of stems of diverse mangrove species growing along environmental gradients, PLoS ONE, 2019, 14 (9), pp. e0221950-
dcterms.dateAccepted2019-08-19
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2019-09-19T01:09:35Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2019 Vilas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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gro.griffith.authorMeynecke, Olaf


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