Written by Reef, R., Slot, M., et al.

Paper Reviewed
Reef, R., Slot, M., Motro, U., Motro, M., Motro, Y., Adame, M.F., Garcia, M., Aranda, J., Lovelock, C.E. and Winter, K. 2016. The effects of CO2 and nutrient fertilization on the growth and temperature response of the mangrove Avicennia germinans. Photosynthesis Research 129: 159-170.
Introducing their significant study, Reef et al. (2016) describe how they collected Avicennia germinans propagules in July of 2014 at Galeta Point, Panama, and transferred them to the Santa Cruz Experimental Field Facility of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, where they were planted in individual 1.6-L tree pots filled with a mixture of local clay-textured topsoil and sand, after which the plants “were randomly assigned to one of two well-ventilated, naturally-illuminated glasshouses receiving full sunlight, one with similar to ambient (ca. 400 ppm) CO2 concentrations and one with an elevated (800 ppm) CO2 concentration.”