Comments on: Panthers and airboats http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/panthers-and-airboats Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:26:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jeremy Warne http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/panthers-and-airboats/comment-page-1#comment-17 Jeremy Warne Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:03:09 +0000 http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/?p=556#comment-17 Exuders and excluders... classic. :D Exuders and excluders… classic. :D

]]> By: Andy From http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/panthers-and-airboats/comment-page-1#comment-16 Andy From Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:02:07 +0000 http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/?p=556#comment-16 I didn't realize you were taking pictures from the rake of the airboat. Fantastic picture! I didn’t realize you were taking pictures from the rake of the airboat. Fantastic picture!

]]> By: Kennedy Warne http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/panthers-and-airboats/comment-page-1#comment-13 Kennedy Warne Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:26:59 +0000 http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/?p=556#comment-13 The general rule of thumb is that some mangroves are excluders and some are exuders, which is to say that some mangroves have the ability to restrict entry of salt into their tissues through osmotic barriers in their roots, while others are good at getting rid of excess salt through their leaves. On the leaf I photographed the sun had dried the exuded salt to form crystals, while leaves of the same tree that were in the shade were quite wet with salt water that had been exuded overnight. The general rule of thumb is that some mangroves are excluders and some are exuders, which is to say that some mangroves have the ability to restrict entry of salt into their tissues through osmotic barriers in their roots, while others are good at getting rid of excess salt through their leaves. On the leaf I photographed the sun had dried the exuded salt to form crystals, while leaves of the same tree that were in the shade were quite wet with salt water that had been exuded overnight.

]]> By: Cheryl Warne http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/panthers-and-airboats/comment-page-1#comment-12 Cheryl Warne Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:39:37 +0000 http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/?p=556#comment-12 In your caption of a picture of salt crystals on a mangrove leaf, you mention that "many" mangrove species have this ability. I thought salt management was a characteristic of all mangroves; indeed a necessity. Cheryl In your caption of a picture of salt crystals on a mangrove leaf, you mention that “many” mangrove species have this ability. I thought salt management was a characteristic of all mangroves; indeed a necessity.

Cheryl

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