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Characterizing and quantifying water content in 14 species of bryophytes present in azorean native vegetation
| dc.contributor.author | Coelho, Márcia Catarina Mendes | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gabriel, Rosalina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ah-Peng, Claudine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-10T11:46:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-10T11:46:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research was funded by ERANET BIOME MOVECLIM Montane vegetation as listening posts for climate change of the regional government of the Azores, grant number M2.1.2/F/04/2011/NET, and M.C.M.C. was funded by the FUNDO REGIONAL PARA A CIÊNCIA E TECNOLOGIA (FRCT) of the regional government of the Azores, grant number M3.1.2/F/007/2012. R.G. is currently funded by FCT-UIDB/00329/2020-2024 (Thematic Line 1–integrated ecological assessment of environmental change on biodiversity) and Azores DRCT Pluriannual Funding (M1.1.A/FUNC.UI&D/010/2021-2024). | en |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Coelho, M.C.M., Gabriel, R. & Ah-Peng, C. (2023). Characterizing and quantifying water content in 14 species of bryophytes present in azorean native vegetation. "Diversity", 15(2), 295. DOI:10.3390/d15020295. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/d15020295 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1424-2818 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6639 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes | |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/2/295 | pt_PT |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Ectohydric | en |
| dc.subject | Endohydric | en |
| dc.subject | External Conduction | en |
| dc.subject | Internal Conduction | en |
| dc.subject | Elevational Gradient | en |
| dc.subject | Mosses | en |
| dc.subject | Liverworts | en |
| dc.title | Characterizing and quantifying water content in 14 species of bryophytes present in azorean native vegetation | en |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardTitle | Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F00329%2F2020/PT | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Switzerland | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | (2) | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Diversity | en |
| oaire.citation.volume | 15 | pt_PT |
| oaire.fundingStream | 6817 - DCRRNI ID | |
| person.familyName | Coelho | |
| person.familyName | Gabriel | |
| person.givenName | Márcia | |
| person.givenName | Rosalina | |
| person.identifier | http://scholar.google.pt/citat | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | F212-6D82-7BA9 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-5829-6073 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-3550-8010 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 7103316062 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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