Abstract
Atmospheric CO2 enrichment tends to induce partial stomatal closure in most higher plants. This phenomenon reduces per-unit-leaf-area plant transpirational water loss rates, which in turn leads to higher plant temperatures. Working in the field with water hyacinths maintained in open-top, clear-plastic wall, CO2 -enrichment chambers at Phoenix, Arizona, we have quantified this relationship for a plant species which has been shown previously to react like most land plants in this regard. Our results indicate that in some parts of the world this non-greenhouse mechanism for surface temperature change may play an important role in determining future climate. Under sunlit and well-watered conditions conducive to active growth, for instance, we found water hyacinth foliage temperatures to increase by 2.7 K in response to a 300 to 600 ppm doubling of the atmospheric CO2 concentration.
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