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MORPHOLOGICAL ABERRATIONS IN TYPHA POPULATIONS IN A POST‐THERMAL AQUATIC HABITAT
Author(s) -
Suda Janet R.,
Sharitz Rebecca R.,
Straney Donald O.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1977.tb11893.x
Subject(s) - biology , typha , introgression , habitat , adaptation (eye) , typha angustifolia , ecology , botany , wetland , biochemistry , neuroscience , gene
Morphological aberrations in Typha populations inhabiting a once thermally stressed aquatic system on the Savannah River Plant in South Carolina were investigated by using both morphological and enzymatic procedures. No evidence of hybridization or introgression between T. latifolia and T. domingensis was found. Exposures of these populations to postthermal conditions and low levels of radiocesium were judged insignificant in contributing to the morphological differences observed. Both genotypic flexibility and plasticity appear to be critical factors in the adaptation of Typha to varied environments.