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Relationships Between Soluble Sugar Concentrations in Roots and Ecosystem Stress for First Year Sugar Maple Seedlings by James W. McLaughlin; David D. Reed; Martin F. Jurgensen; Glenn D. Mroz; Susan T. Bagley is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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Accumulation of reducing sugars (i.e., glucose and fructose) in plant roots has been consistently correlated with forest dieback and decline and, therefore, has potential as a biological indicator of ecosystem stress. In this study, the relationships between acidic deposition and "natural" (temperature, mycorrhizae, and nutrition) factors with first-year sugar maple seedling root sugar concentrations and growth were assessed in two sugar maple dominated forests in Michigan. Seedlings at the southern site (Wellston) had greater root growth, phosphorus, total sugar, and sucrose concentrations in roots, but lower reducing sugar concentration in roots. In addition, percent root length colonized by vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi was less than that found for seedlings growing at the northern site (Alberta). Throughfall deposition of nitrate, sulfate, and hydrogen ions was not significantly correlated with seedling total or reducing sugar concentration. Total sugar concentration in seedling roots was positively correlated with air and soil temperatures at the southern site, but not at the northern site. Seedling tissue phosphorus concentration was correlated with total sugars at b
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It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Environmental Science.
- Author
- James W. McLaughlin; David D. Reed; Martin F. Jurgensen; Glenn D. Mroz; Susan T. Bagley
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands; Springer-Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0049-6979)
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)