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Estimating Plant Crown Transpiration and Water Use Efficiency by Vegetative Reflectance Indices Associated with Chlorophyll Fluorescence Vol.3, No.2, 122-132 (2013) Open Journal of Ecology http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oje.2013.32015 Estimating plant crown transpiration and water use efficiency by vegetative reflectance indices associated with chlorophyll fluorescence Hidenori Furuuchi1, Michael W. Jenkins1,2*, Randy S. Senock3, James L. J. Houpis4,6, James C. Pushnik1,5 1Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Chico, USA; *Corresponding Author: [email protected] 2Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA 3Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico, USA 4Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Bay, USA 5Institute for Sustainable Development, California State University, Chico, USA 6Office of the Academic Affairs, California State University, East Bay, USA Received 4 January 2013; revised 5 February 2013; accepted 28 February 2013 Copyright © 2013 Hidenori Furuuchi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Li- cense, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT 1. INTRODUCTION This research developed estimates of plant cro- Estimation of plant crown transpiration and water- wn transpiration and water-use-efficiency using use-efficiency (WUE) based on remotely sensed vegeta- reflectance and derivative indices extracted tive indices has the potential to enhance the study of from remotely sensed chlorophyll fluorescence ecosystem water flux and how species and ecosystems measurements under natural conditions. Diurnal could respond to future climatic induced water stresses. changes of leaf-level gas exchange (carbon as- In their Fourth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmen- similation rate (A), stomatal conductance (gs), tal Panel on Climate Change reported that climate transpiration rate (E), chlorophyll fluorescence change has induced variation in precipitation patterns and canopy-scale remote sensing were meas- globally during the last century; some regions such as ured on top crown of valley oak (Quercus lobata) eastern parts of Northern and South America, northern in the foothills of central California, USA. The Europe and northern and central Asia have increased results indicated Q. lobata experienced saturat- their precipitation while other areas such as the Shale, ing irradiance (PAR), which induced photoin- the Mediterranean, southern Africa and southern Asia hibition indicated by a decrease in the quantum have had reductions [1]. Long-term droughts have been efficiency of photosystem II (r2 = 0.648 with observed and have affected agriculture and economic 2 development in some semi-arid and sub-humid regions FFvm and r = 0.73 with PSII) and open reac- tion centers (qP; r2 = 0.699). The excess ab- of the globe including the western U.S. [2]. It is pro- sorbed quantum energy was dissipated as heat jected that some of current water stressed areas will ex- through the Xanthophyll cycle and other proc- perience even more severe drought and an increase in the st esses (photorespiration and the water-water frequency of drought during the 21 century [2,3]. cycle) rather than energy emission as steady Because the impacts of water stress vary in time, state chlorophyll fluorescence (Fs). An increase across space and between species, they generate shifts in in leaf temperature caused by the activity of species abundance of forest vegetation [4]. Water stress Xanthophyll cycle was correlated to a decrease also changes vegetative water use patterns, such as WUE. 2 in Fs (r = 0.381) and an increase in evaporative These water stress impacts on vegetation gas exchange cooling through E (r2 = 0.800) and water use ef- play a very significant role in the local to global carbon ficiency (WUE; r2 = 0.872). cycles [5,6]. Therefore, environmental stresses such as, heat, fire and insect stresses or vegetation water status Keywords: Crown Transpiration; Remote Sensing; have become the subject of remote sensing studies be- Chlorophyll Fluorescence; Reflectance; Quercus cause spectral indices of vegetation can be informative lobata about plant and ecosystem physiological conditions in- Copyright © 2013 SciRes. OPEN ACCESS H. Furuuchi et al. / Open Journal of Ecology 3 (2013) 122-132 123 cluding atmospheric-terrestrial gas exchange processes. tude 121˚42'46''W). Spectral reflectance indices commonly used for re- mote sensing are dependent on photosynthetic pigment 2.2. Plant Material concentration and plant water content [6-11]. In addition A naturally occurring Quercus lobata (valley oak) with to these indices, reflectance indices associated with an open crown was selected for the study plant. This oak chlorophyll fluorescence have been successively used to tree was found in a riparian area, which was located in estimate photosynthetic activities under heat and drought the canyon of Big Chico Creek, and about 30 m from the stress, chlorophyll fluorescence itself is linked to physio- creek (Figure 1). The tree had about 90 cm DBH and logical stress in plants [12-17]. Currently, remote estima- approximately 20 m height. The measurements including tion of chlorophyll fluorescence has been proposed to gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence and spectral re- integrate the physiological function at the ecosystem flectance were conducted on the southwest portion of the scale projecting net primary productivity (NPP). Quan- crown utilizing a constructed tower at approximately 15 tum yield of PSII FF and the steady-state fluo- vm m height. rescence (Fs) have been proposed for estimating the photosynthetic radiation use efficiency at large scales, suggesting remote sensing of chlorophyll fluorescence 2.3. Meteorological Measurements parameters as a tool for large scale CO2 flux and tran- A micrometeorological station was established about spiretion measurements [12]. 40 m south of the study tree and 30 m from Big Chico In addition to the use of chlorophyll fluorescence for Creek for the purpose of monitoring micro meteorolo- CO2 flux measurements, Flexas et al. (2002) [18] dem- gical data including solar irradiance, air temperature and onstrated that Fs tracked stomatal conductance (gs) rate relative humidity at 2 m height from the ground (Figure of field-grown grapevines under drought conditions. 1). A quantum sensor [20] was mounted on the micro However, this experiment was conducted at a single-leaf meteorological station. This sensor read global radiation scale, not at a larger scale such as canopy, stand or eco- (W·m−2). The station was equipped with a humidity system scale. The usefulness of chlorophyll fluorescence probe (HMP35A, Waisala Inc., Helsinki, Finland). The and remote sensing of chlorophyll fluorescence for large- probe read relative humidity in percent and a thermistor scale transpiration is still unclear. This study is an invest- (UUT51J1, Fenwal Electronics, Toledo, Ohio) was used tigation of physiological responses to environmental to observe air temperature in degree Celsius. To utilize stimuli based on seasonal and diurnal observational the recorded data for this research, specific data (from measurements including micrometeorological data, gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, and remotely sensed reflectance and derivative indices. We suggest means to estimate crown scale transpiration and WUE of a field grown oak tree Quercus lobata (valley oak) using spec- tral reflectance indices associated with chlorophyll fluor- escence. 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1. Study Site This experiment was conducted in Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve (BCCER). BCCER is owned and managed by the Research Foundation of California State University, Chico for the purpose of preserving the criti- cal natural habitat and providing environmental research and educational areas [19]. It is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in the northern portion of the Sacra- mento Valley about 10 miles northeast of Chico, Califor- nia, USA. The Reserve ranges in elevation from 213 to 623 feet, with mean precipitation ranging from 64 cm in the valley to 203 cm in the headwater region with hot dry summers and extended periods of limited rainfall. The Figure 1. Experimental site at big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve includes 7.24 km of Big Chico Creek and en- Reserve, CA, USA with micrometeorological station, study compasses 1599 ha of land. (Latitute 39˚51'51''N Longi- tower, study tree Quercus lobata (valley oak). Copyright © 2013 SciRes. OPEN ACCESS 124 H. Furuuchi et al. / Open Journal of Ecology 3 (2013) 122-132 10:30 to 16:30 of experiment days) were read out to Mi- derivative indices. crosoft Excel spread sheets. Time data of gas exchange, Reflectance indices used in this study were photo- chlorophyll fluorescence and spectral reflectance meas- chemical reflectance index (PRI) formulated as (R531 − urements discussed below were modified to match with R570)/(R531 + R570) [23], fluorescence ratio indices time data of weather data. R690/R600 and R740/R800 [13], curvature index for- mulated as (R675 × R690)/R6832 [14]. Derivative indi- 2.4. Gas Exchange and Chlorophyll ces included double-peak index (Dpi) formulated as Fluorescence Measurements (D688 × D710)/D692 [17] and derivative chlorophyll indices formulated as D730/D706, D705/D722 and Leaf level gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence (D705 − D703)/D707 [10]. were measured using LI-COR 6400 infra-red gas ana- lyzer (IRGA) [14] equipped with a leaf chamber fluoro- 2.6. Data Analysis
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