Drivers of biogenic volatile organic compound emissions in hygrophytic bryophytes
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Yáñez-Serrano, A.M.
Corbera, J.
Portillo-Estrada, M.
Janssens, I.A.
Llusià, J.
Filella, I.
Peñuelas, J.
Sabater, F.
Fernández-Martínez, M.
Publication date
2024-06-25ISSN
0048-9697
Abstract
Bryophytes can both emit and take up biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) to and from the environment. Despite the scarce study of these exchanges, BVOCs have been shown to be important for a wide range of ecological roles. Bryophytes are the most ancient clade of land plants and preserve very similar traits to those first land colonisers. Therefore, the study of these plants can help understand the early processes of BVOC emissions as an adaptation to terrestrial life. Here, we determine the emission rates of BVOCs from different bryophyte species to understand what drives such emissions. We studied 26 bryophyte species from temperate regions that can be found in mountain springs located in NE Spain. Bryophyte BVOC emission presented no significant phylogenetic signal for any of the compounds analysed. Hence, we used mixed linear models to investigate the species-specific differences and eco-physiological and environmental drivers of bryophyte BVOC emission. In general, species-specific variability was the main factor explaining bryophyte BVOC emissions; but additionally, photosynthetic rates and light intensity increased BVOC emissions. Despite emission measurements reported here were conducted at 30°, and may not directly correspond to emission rates in natural conditions, most of the screened species have never been measured before for BVOC emissions and therefore this information can help understand the drivers of the emissions of BVOCs in bryophytes.
Document Type
Article
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Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
58 - Botany
Pages
12
Publisher
Elsevier
Is part of
Science of the Total Environment
Citation
Yáñez-Serrano, A.M., J. Corbera, M. Portillo-Estrada, I.A. Janssens, J. Llusià, I. Filella, J. Peñuelas, C. Preece, F. Sabater, and M. Fernández-Martínez. 2024. “Drivers of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Emissions in Hygrophytic Bryophytes.” Science of the Total Environment 946:174293. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174293.
Grant agreement number
EC/ERC/101076740/EU/Elemental Ecology: towards an element-based functional ecology/STOIKOS
MICINN/ /RYC2021-031511-I/ES/ /
FEDER/ / /EU/ /
MICIU/Programa Estatal de generación del conocimiento y fortalecimiento científico y tecnológico del sistema I+D+I y Programa Estatal de I+D+I orientada a los retos de la sociedad/PID2019-108990RB-I00/ES/CAMBIOS EN LA COMPOSICION DE LOS AEROSOLES Y SUS IMPLICACIONES EN CALIDAD DEL AIRE Y CLIMA EN EL NE DE ESPAÑA/CAIAC
MICINN/ /RYC2021-032519-I/ES/ /
Program
Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
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