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Redalyc.Stomatal Density, Leaf Area and Plant Size Variation of Rhizophora Mangle (Malpighiales: Rhizophoraceae) Along a Salinit Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN: 0034-7744 [email protected] Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Peel, Joanne R.; Mandujano Sánchez, María C.; López Portillo, Jorge; Golubov, Jordan Stomatal density, leaf area and plant size variation of Rhizophora mangle (Malpighiales: Rhizophoraceae) along a salinity gradient in the Mexican Caribbean Revista de Biología Tropical, vol. 65, núm. 2, junio, 2017, pp. 701-712 Universidad de Costa Rica San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44950834022 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Stomatal density, leaf area and plant size variation of Rhizophora mangle (Malpighiales: Rhizophoraceae) along a salinity gradient in the Mexican Caribbean Joanne R. Peel1*, María C. Mandujano Sánchez2, Jorge López Portillo3 & Jordan Golubov1 1. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Departamento El Hombre y Su Ambiente, Calzada Del Hueso 1100, Colonia Villa Quietud, Coyoacán, 04960 Distrito Federal, México; [email protected], [email protected] 2. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 70-275, Coyoacán, 04510 Distrito Federal, México; [email protected] 3. Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red de Ecología Funcional, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, México; [email protected] Received 15-V-2016. Corrected 12-XII-2016. Accepted 17-I-2017. Abstract: In community ecology, the knowledge of abiotic factors, that determine intraspecific variability in ecophysiological and functional traits, is important for addressing major questions, such as plant community assembly and ecosystem functioning. Mangroves have several mechanisms of resistance to salinity and most species exhibit some xeromorphic features in order to conserve water. Leaf area and stomatal density play an important role in maintaining water balance, and gas exchange is regulated by their aperture and density, two traits that vary intraspecifically in response to environmental conditions, such as water stress and salinity. In this study, we evaluated the effects of salinity on stomatal density, leaf area and plant size in R. mangle and we tested for associations among the three variables, across three sites along a natural salinity gradient in the Xel- Há Park, Quintana Roo, Mexico. We hypothesized that high salinity sites would produce smaller plants, with smaller leaves, and fewer stomata. Three sampling sites with different environmental conditions were chosen and salinities were monitored monthly. A total of 542 plants were tagged and tree heights and diameters were measured for each individual within each of the three sampling sites. Three leaves from 20 trees from each site were measured to determine leaf area. Stomatal densities were determined in each leaf using nail polish casts, examining ten 1 mm squares per leaf under an optical microscope. A principal component analysis was used to assess association between tree height, leaf area, and stomatal density for each plot. The salinity gradient was reflected in plant size, producing smaller plants at the higher salinity site. The largest leaves were found at the low salinity site (51.2 ± 24.99 cm2). Leaf length was not correlated to plant size (LL vs. tree height: r= 0.02, P= 0.8205; LL vs. trunk diameter: r= 0.03, P= 0.7336), so we concluded that leaf length is an environmentally plastic trait of red mangroves that may vary as a function of environmental conditions, such as hydric stress caused by elevated salinity. The larger leaves from the low salinity site had lower densities of stomata (65.0 stomata.mm2 SD= 12.3), and increasing salinities did not decrease stomatal density (intermediate salinity site: 73.4 stomata.mm2 SD= 13.5; high salinity site: 74.8 stomata.mm2 SD= 17.3). Our results confirm that stomatal density is inversely related to leaf area (r= -0.29, P < 0.001), especially leaf width (r= -0.31, P < 0.001), and that salinity may increase stomatal density by causing reduction of leaf size. Rev. Biol. Trop. 65 (2): 701-712. Epub 2017 June 01. Key words: leaf plasticity, leaf area, mangroves, tree height, stomatal densities, water stress. Mangroves are an ecological group of and seawater, and often experience salt con- tropical plants which inhabit coastal environ- centrations higher than seawater in the sub- ments (Tomlinson, 1986). They are normally strate, which forces mangroves to absorb water found in flooded areas or close to water, where against an osmotic pressure gradient (Connor, they can experience variable mixtures of fresh 1969; Downton, 1982; Ball & Pidsley, 1995; Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 65 (2): 701-712, June 2017 701 Aziz & Khan, 2001; Saenger, 2002). All man- more than photosynthesis with temperature groves show some traits of salt resistance that and the effect is more important for leaves require metabolic energy, which may include under stronger radiation and where water is in salt exclusion, salt extrusion, salt storage, suc- short supply (Westoby, Falster, Moles, Vesk, & culence, compartmentalization and osmo-com- Wright, 2002). Leaves of the red mangrove are pensation (Saenger, 2002). Many mangroves oval shaped or elliptic, 6-10 cm long, hairless, have also developed some xeromorphic fea- and tend to be relatively uniform (Tomlinson, tures in order to conserve water, including 1986). However, leaf area may be variable a thick-walled multi-layered epidermis, thick (Araujo, Jaramillo, & Snedaker, 1997) and waxy lamellar cuticle, and hairs or scales on reduced under suboptimal conditions and so the abaxial surface which cover salt glands can be an indicator of chronic environmental and stomata (Ball, 1988; Das & Ghose, 1993; stress (Canoy, 1975; Snedaker & Brown, 1981). Saenger, 2002). Known stressors include high salinity, latitudi- Four dominant species of mangroves nal location, exposure to pollutants (Lugo & can be found in Mexican coasts: Rhizophora Snedaker, 1974; Lugo, Cintrón, & Goenaga, mangle L., Laguncularia racemosa (L.) C.F. 1981) and height induced water stress (Zhang, Gaertn., Avicennia germinans L. and Cono- Zheng, & Tyree, 2012), so therefore, leaf area carpus erectus L. (López-Portillo & Ezcurra, can be considered an indicator of chronic envi- 2002; CONABIO, 2009). The red mangrove ronmental stress (Araujo et al., 1997). (R. mangle) is an important species in tropi- Gas exchange is mediated on one hand cal North and South America and West Africa, by regulating stomata aperture, and on the and is one of the most dominant species within other, by controlling the number of stomata its range (Mehlig, 2006), nevertheless, it is (Hetherington & Woodward 2003). Several threatened by habitat conversion and pollution, environmental conditions can affect the mor- which has resulted in declines throughout the phogenesis of stomata, such as water avail- wider Caribbean region (Ellison, Farnsworth, ability (Salisbury, 1928; Xu & Zhou. 2008), & Moore 2015). The extended distribution temperature (Ciha & Brun, 1975; Huner, Palta, and dominance of this species may be partially Li, & Carter, 1981), light exposure (Gay & attributed to its extreme tolerance to a range Hurd, 1975), and environmental CO2 concen- of environmental conditions, resisting water- trations (e.g. Salisbury, 1928; Bristow & Looi, logged soils and high salinities up to 90 ppt 1968; Woodward & Bazzaz, 1988; Beerling & (Hill, 2001). Salt uptake of R. mangle is mainly Kelly, 1997). Water stress has been associated regulated by the root system, which excludes with a reduction of stomatal density in leaves most salts during water uptake, while the other (Salisbury, 1928; Pääkkönen, Vahala, Pohjolal, mangrove species (e. g. Avicennia germinans Holopainen, & Kärenlampi, 1998; Sam, Jeréz, and Laguncularia racemosa) take up seawa- Dell’Amico, & Ruiz-Sanchez 2000; Romero- ter through their roots but excrete excess salt Aranda, Soria, & Cuartero, 2001; Xu & Zhou, through pores or salt glands on the leaf surface 2008; Barbien et al., 2012), however, it may (Duke, 1983). Growth of R. mangle appears to also lead to higher stomatal densities if there peak at moderate salinities (10 PSU). At higher is an overall reduction of leaf area (Ciha salinities (32 PSU) leaf area and photosynthetic & Brun, 1975; Romero-Aranda et al., 2001; potential decrease (Krauss & Allen 2003), indi- Pearce, Millard, Bray, & Rood, 2005; Xu & cating that the leaves of R. mangle play a major Zhou, 2008). Mangrove stomata are similar role in osmoregulation. Larger leaves have in terms of frequency and dimension to those thicker boundary layers of still air lowering of other plants from other environments, but convective heat loss, enabling a high variation many species have stomatal crypts (e.g. Avicen- between ambient and leaf temperature. This nia, Aegiceras, Bruguiera, Ceriops, Heritiera, may be a disadvantage as respiration increases Lumnitzera, Nypa), resulting in the formation 702 Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 65 (2): 701-712, June 2017 of substomatal chambers, in order to deal with underground freshwater and seawater (Organ- the water stress of a saline environment. (Das ismo de Cuenca Península de Yucatán, 2008). & Ghose, 1993; Saenger, 2002). In January 2014 the entire area was The aim
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