Cross‐tolerance: Salinity gradients and dehydration increase photosynthetic heat tolerance in mangrove leaves

Author:

Bryant Callum1ORCID,Harris Rosalie J.1ORCID,Brothers Nigel1,Bone Catherine1,Walsh Ned1,Nicotra Adrienne B.1ORCID,Ball Marilyn C.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Research School of Biology The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia

Abstract

Abstract Understanding the drivers of variation in thermal ecophysiology is essential for characterizing the risks to plant communities posed by the increasing frequencies and intensities of heat waves predicted with climate warming. We evaluated the effects of estuarine salinity and short‐term leaf dehydration on photosynthetic (PSII) heat tolerance (PHT). In the leaves of 12 mangrove species sampled at contrasting salinities along a 20 km estuarine salinity gradient, we measured minimum chlorophyll fluorescence (F0) with increasing leaf temperature to determine Tcrit (the temperature beyond which PSII is destabilized and F0 rises rapidly) and Tmax (the temperature where F0 declines rapidly with catastrophic cell membrane failure). Furthermore, to assess the impacts of leaf dehydration on PHT over short time scales, we re‐measured leaves following a bench‐drying dehydration treatment. Tcrit was ~2.51°C higher in leaves of high‐salinity‐distributed mangrove species, increasing by ~0.74°C per practical salinity unit (PSU, ppt) along the estuarine salinity gradient. Tmax was ~1.1°C higher in high‐salinity‐distributed species, increasing by ~0.38°C ppt−1. Following dehydration, Tcrit increased by ~3.4°C in low‐salinity‐distributed species; however, no increase in Tcrit was observed in high‐salinity‐distributed species. Following dehydration, Tmax increased by ~1.8°C in both low and high‐salinity‐distributed mangrove species. Our results illustrate that spatial gradients in salinity, and the variation in growth environments they produce, are associated with gradients in PHT across mangrove species differing in salinity tolerance and within species with broad salinity tolerances. Further, we show that variation in leaf hydration over short time scales influences PHT, with leaf dehydration improving the heat tolerance of PSII. Combined, these results highlight that both tissue and environmental water availability gradients may produce cross‐tolerance in PSII, that is, increasing stability at high temperatures. Our results underscore the need for greater resolution of the interactive effects of plant water relations, hydration status and photosynthetic thermal safety across biomes and in a warming world. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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