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Table 1 Environmental parameters during the short-term flooding experiments performed with Vatairea guianensis and Hevea spruceana under artificial illumination (LED, see Section 5)

From: Root anoxia effects on physiology and emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) under short-and long-term inundation of trees from Amazonian floodplains

Plant Species

En

PAR [μmol m-2 s-1]

Tleaf[°C]

Tenclosure

[°C]

RH

[%]

CO2

[ppm]

Vatairea guianensis

v

499 ± 5

33 ± 0.8

32.3 ± 0.6

77 ± 5

410 ± 7

 

i

498 ± 4

32 ± 0.5

31.6 ± 0.8

81 ± 4

408 ± 9

Hevea spruceana

v

499 ± 1

32 ± 0.1

31.4 ± 0.1

78 ± 1.4

401 ± 6

 

i

499 ± 1

32.7 ± 0.3

32.1 ± 0.3

75 ± 3

404 ± 2

  1. Given are day time averages (5 minutes each) over the three to four day measurement period for two individuals of each tree species (n = 142 per day) ± SD. V and I indicate measurement cycles with tree species from the várzea (v) and igapó (i) environments (En), respectively.