gesjGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITYGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY2071-93882542-1565Russian Geographical Society10.24057/2071-9388-2022-111gesj-2952Research ArticleRESEARCH PAPERСтатьиCO2 Exchange Of Seedlings Of Rhizophora Apiculata Bl. In Artificial And Natural Mangrove Forests Of Southern VietnamZhirenkoNikolay G.

Moscow

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

NguyenVan Thinh

Ho Chi Minh City

KurbatovaJ. A.

Moscow

kurbatova.j@gmail.comA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences; Joint Russian–Vietnamese Tropical Scientific Research and Technological Center, Southern BranchRussian FederationJoint Russian–Vietnamese Tropical Scientific Research and Technological Center, Southern BranchViet NamA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Federation202328062023162102109Copyright © Zhirenko N.G., Nguyen V., Kurbatova J.A., 20232023Zhirenko N.G., Nguyen V., Kurbatova J.A.Zhirenko N.G., Nguyen V., Kurbatova J.A.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/2952

Mangrove forests are an important part of tropical coastal ecosystems. Until recently, these forests were intensively exterminated. Currently, the issue of mangrove conservation is being discussed at a number of symposiums due to their significant role in reducing the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. However, there has recently been uncertainty in estimation of CO2 fluxes in mangrove forests due to a lack of field research.

 The results of studies of photosynthesis at the leaf level in-situ in seedlings of Rhizophora apiculata Blume, 1827 of both natural and artificial origin are presented. The studies were carried out on a mangrove plantation growing in Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve, which is 50 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City (South Vietnam). CO2 gas exchange during photosynthesis was measured using a gas analysing system called the LI-6800 (USA).

 Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is the main factor affecting the photosynthesis of the studied seedlings. Artificial seedlings that were grown in open areas had higher productivity and greater photosynthetic rates. It has been determined that the measured photosynthesis are scattered over three clearly marked zones, which correspond to the measurements of photosynthesis made in the pre-noon, noon and afternoon hours. The water reserves used up before noon were not fully replenished in the afternoon by the seedlings. Based on the results obtained, it has been suggested that the main inhibitory factor affecting the photosynthesis of R. apiculata (if PAR is not taken into account) is a violation of the water balance of the leaves.The optimum air temperature for photosynthesis processes in seedlings is (35 ± 2) °C. The intensity of photosynthesis also increases with an increase in the concentration of CO2 in the air. The increases of photosynthesis continue until the concentration of CO2 reaches ~1000 µmol·mol-1 and then do not increase. We associate this circumstance with the maximum possibilities of the photosynthetic apparatus of the leaf of the studied plant.

 The obtained research results will contribute to a better theoretical understanding of the productivity of plants of this species in the respective ecosystems, and will also allow us to move from photosynthesis at the leaf level to photosynthesis at the planting level. The work’s mathematical models can be used to model changes in R. apiculata photosynthesis from the point of view of climate change.

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