Effects of epiphyte load on optical properties and photosynthetic potential of the seagrasses Thalassia testudinum Banks ex König and Zostera marina L.

By Lisa A. Drake1, F. Dobbs, R. Zimmerman. 2003

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Impact of light limitation on seagrasses (2007, methodology): “…or etiolated leaf having a similar cross section to the leaf examined as a base-line (see Enríquez, 2005) and subtraction of absorptance at wavelengths beyond PAR (usually 720– 750 nm; Cummings and Zimmerman, 2003; Drake et al., 2003; Runcie and Durako, 2004; Enríquez, 2005; Durako, in press).”
A biooptical model of irradiance distribution and photosynthesis in seagrass canopies (2003, background): “The spectral difference may be due to the presence of epiphytes on the older leaves of Elkhorn Slough eelgrass that were not considered in this simulation (see Drake et al. 2003 for a discussion of epiphyte effects on leaf optical properties).”
Epiphyte-cover on seagrass (Zostera marina L.) leaves impedes plant performance and radial O2 loss from the below-ground tissue (2015, result): “Light availability on the surface of the leaves of Z. marina covered by epiphytes was dramatically decreased compared to leaves without epiphytes in agreement with previous studies (Drake et al., 2003; Pedersen et al., 2014).”