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Mineral cost of carnivory in aquatic carnivorous plants
- 1.0353577 - BÚ 2011 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Adamec, Lubomír
Mineral cost of carnivory in aquatic carnivorous plants.
Flora. Roč. 205, č. 9 (2010), s. 618-621. ISSN 0367-2530. E-ISSN 1618-0585
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : Aldrovanda vesiculosa * Utricularia spp., * investment in carnivory
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
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Tissue N, P, K, Ca, and Mg content was estimated in traps and photosynthetic and carnivorous shoots in five aquatic carnivorous plant species from an outdoor culture: Aldrovanda vesiculosa, Utricularia vulgaris, U. reflexa, U. intermedia, and U. stygia, for the determination of the mineral cost of carnivory. In three species with monomorphic shoots (A. vesiculosa, U. vulgaris, U. reflexa), tissue P and K content in traps was significantly higher than that in their photosynthetic shoots, whereas N content was about the same. The evolution of this plant group is considered to show the optimization of these mineral cost-benefit relationships.
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