Water Plants 101
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Description: A basic Introduction to the physiology and ecology of aquatic plants
A basic Introduction to the physiology and ecology of aquatic plants Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) in freshwater occurs as four different species in equilibrium with one another. The four species of DIC are; carbon dioxide (CO2), carbonic acid (H2CO3), bicarbonate (HCO3-), and carbonate (CO3=). The total amount of DIC largely determines the buffering capacity of freshwater, and the ratio of these species with one another largely determines the pH. Carbon dioxide dissolves readily in water. At air equilibrium, the concentration of CO2 in air and water is approximately equal at about 0.5 mg/L. Unfortunately, CO2 diffuses about ten thousand times slower in water than in air. This problem is compounded by the relatively thick unstirred layer (or Prandtl boundary) that surrounds aquatic plant leaves. The unstirred layer in aquatic plants is a layer of still water through which gases and nutrients must diffuse to reach the plant leaf. It is about 0.5 mm thick, which is ten times thicker than in terrestrial plants. The result is that approximately 30 mg/L free CO2 is required to saturate photosynthesis in submerged aquatic plants.
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