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Characterizing and Quantifying Water Content in 14 Species of Bryophytes Present in Azorean Native Vegetation

Coelho, Márcia C. M., Gabriel, Rosalina, Ah-Peng, Claudine·2023·Diversity
DOI 10.3390/d15020295
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Bryophytes are an important component of plant diversity, may be found from sea level to mountaintops, and are particularly conspicuous on the Azores islands. These plants rely on environmental water, which acquires intercepting rain and dew (liquid water) and uses fog (water vapor), and transports both externally, by capillary forces, and internally, in different cells (specialized or not). This study characterizes and quantifies the ability of six liverworts and eight mosses to retain water, through different pathways, and to lose water by evaporation. Twelve replicates of each species were collected in Azorean native vegetation during the summer of 2016. The absolute water content (AWC) was obtained through measurements of specimens saturated, without free water, and completely dry. Most of the 14-target species showed an ectohydric behavior pattern retaining more than 60% of water through gametophyte surface. The AWC value ranged from 646% in Polytrichum commune to 5584% in Sphagnum subnitens. The water loss by direct evaporation showed, for most of species, an exponential decay curve along time. Understanding how much native bryophytes, acquire, store, and release water into the system contributes not only to the knowledge of native vegetation resilience but also to potential impacts on the availability and quality of water—a major ecosystem service performed by bryophytes.

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Metadata

Authors
Coelho, M. C. M., Gabriel, R., & Ah-Peng, C.
Venue
Diversity
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2023-02-17
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
295
ISSN
1424-2818
DOI
10.3390/d15020295
Cited by
18
Language
en
Licence
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Funders
  • ERANET BIOME MOVECLIM Montane vegetation (M2.1.2/F/04/2011/NET, M3.1.2/F/007/2012, FCT-UIDB/00329/2020-2024, M1.1.A/FUNC.UI&D/010/2021-2024)
  • FUNDO REGIONAL PARA A CIÊNCIA E TECNOLOGIA (FRCT) of the regional government of the Azores (M2.1.2/F/04/2011/NET, M3.1.2/F/007/2012, FCT-UIDB/00329/2020-2024, M1.1.A/FUNC.UI&D/010/2021-2024)
  • Thematic Line 1 – integrated ecological assessment of environmental change on biodiversity (M2.1.2/F/04/2011/NET, M3.1.2/F/007/2012, FCT-UIDB/00329/2020-2024, M1.1.A/FUNC.UI&D/010/2021-2024)
  • Azores DRCT Pluriannual Funding (M2.1.2/F/04/2011/NET, M3.1.2/F/007/2012, FCT-UIDB/00329/2020-2024, M1.1.A/FUNC.UI&D/010/2021-2024)

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