Ectomycorrhizal Fungi of Salix Rotundifolia Trautv. II. Impact of Surface Applied Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil on Mycorrhizal Root Respiration and Cold Acclimation

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Linkins, A.E., Antibus, R.K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1978
• Subjects: Environmental impacts; Fungi; Mycorhizal fungi; Oil seeps; Oil spills on land; Plant respiration; Roots; Soil microorganisms; Willows; Biomass; Barrow; Alaska; Simpson; Cape; Simpson Cape; Simpson, Cape; Cape Simpson; Arctic; Prudhoe Bay; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65718

Ectomycorrhizal root tips of Salix rotundifolia Trautv. removed from Barrow, Alaska tundra treated with 5 or 12 l/m² 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 respirati...