Impact of Surface Applied Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil on Mycorrhizal Root Respiration and

• Main Authors: Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Of Salix Rotundifolia, Cold Acclimation, A. E. Linkins, R. K. Antibus
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cape Simpson; Champignons; Arctic; Barrow; Prudhoe Bay; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.566.8620; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic31-3-381.pdf

Barrow. Alaska tundra treated with 5 or 12 l/m ’ Prudhoe Bay crude oil on 1 July 1975 showed decreased respiration rates within 48 hr after surface application of oil. Oil treated roots continued to have depressed respiration rates throughout the summer. The following summer, respiration rates of th...