Durham E-Theses The ecology of carex acca schreb and carex panicea L. Rieley, John, O. How to cite: Rieley, John, O. (1967) The ecology of carex acca schreb and carex panicea L., Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/8684/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail:
[email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk !I!HE ECOLOGY OF CAIIEX PLACCA SCHREB, AM) CAEEX PANICEA L.. A thesis submitted to the University of Diirhajn: for the degree; of DOCTOR OF ffilLOSOIHY JOHN 0. EIEIiEY BWSb* Glasgow, (St, GUtMjert's) School of Plant Biology, University College of North Wales, Bangor. September 1967. This thesis, which is entirely the result of my own work, has not been accepted for any degree and is not being submitted concurrently in caxididature for any other degree* page, ACENOWLBDC^MENTS ii ABSTRACT iii I^rt !• INTRODUCTION t Part II, CULTURE EXPERIMENTS 19 Methods 20 Experimient 1» - response to calcium and pH level , 26 Eacperiment 2# - variation of external calcium concentration., 38 Experiment 3« - variation of external potassium concentration,, 56 Part III, NUTRIENT DYNAMICS 60 Methods 61 Results •• • 63 Part IV, GENERAL DISCUSSION 80 Part V, APPENDICES 100 1» The growth chamber • 100 2, The culture solution ..*••• 102 3, Chemical analysis techniques , IO7 Collecting sites ,•.,•••••,•••,•«,, 127 5, Tables of results 1l31i Part VI, LITERATURE CITED •• I66 IX.