Carbon isotope discrimination in the C4 shrub Atriplex confertifolia along a salinity gradient

Carbon isotope discrimination (?) was measured for leaves of Atriplex confertifolia along a salinity gradient in northern Utah. Over this gradient, the variation of ? values was high for a C4 species, and the ? values were positively correlated with salinity in both years of study. Of the possible explanations for this patter, the ? results are consistent with the notion that salinity induces an increase in the bundle sheath leakiness of these C4 plants. Published in Western North American Naturalist, volume 55, issue 2, on pages 135 - 41, in 1995.

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Atriplex confertifolia, Western North American Naturalist, bundle sheath leakiness, carbon isotope ratio, desert ecology, All tags... halophyte, halophytes, salinity gradient, salt stress, shadscale saltbush, Fewer tags