Publications
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| mangrove propagule size and oil contamination effects: does size matter? | three mangroves species with differential propagule size, avicennia marina (2.5±0.3cm), bruguiera gymnorrhiza (16±2cm) and rhizophora mucronata (36±3cm), were subjected to oil contamination. in a series of glasshouse and field experiments, the sediment, propagules, leaves and stems were oiled and growth monitored. oiling of the propagules, leaves, internodes or sediment reduced plant height, leaf number, leaf chlorophyll content index and induced growth abnormalities, leaf abscission and mortali ... | 2016 | 27342901 |
| leaf miner-induced morphological, physiological and molecular changes in mangrove plant avicennia marina (forsk.) vierh. | avicennia marina (forsk.) vierh is a widespread mangrove species along the southeast coasts of china. recently, the outbreak of herbivorous insect, phyllocnistis citrella stainton, a leaf miner, have impacted on the growth of a. marina little is reported about the responses of a. marina to leaf miner infection at the biochemical, physiological and molecular levels. here, we reported the responses of a. marina to leaf miner infection from the aspects of leaf structure, photosynthesis, and antioxi ... | 2016 | 27738267 |
| congruence of intraspecific variability in leaf traits for two co-occurring estuarine angiosperms. | studies seeking to identify sources of variability and trade-offs in leaf traits have done so by assembling large databases of traits, across species and time points. it is unclear to what extent interspecific patterns derived in such a manner apply to intraspecific variation, particularly at regional scales, and the extent to which interspecific patterns vary temporally. we tested the hypothesis that the leaf traits of two foundation species, the mangrove avicennia marina and the eelgrass zoste ... | 2016 | 27098661 |
| polyphenol-rich avicennia marina leaf extracts induce apoptosis in human breast and liver cancer cells and in a nude mouse xenograft model. | avicennia marina is the most abundant and common mangrove species and has been used as a traditional medicine for skin diseases, rheumatism, ulcers, and smallpox. however, its anticancer activities and polyphenol contents remain poorly characterized. thus, here we investigated anticancer activities of secondary a. marina metabolites that were purified by sequential soxhlet extraction in water, ethanol, methanol, and ethyl acetate (etoac). experiments were performed in three human breast cancer c ... | 2016 | 27078842 |
| ophiostomatoid fungi associated with mangroves in south africa, including ophiostoma palustre sp. nov. | mangrove trees are continuously under stress due to environmental and/or anthropogenic pressures, which expose them to attack by pathogens, compromising their survival. ophiostomatoid fungi cause sap stain and diseases of a wide spectrum of tree species globally. these fungi infect trees through natural, insect, animal and/or human made wounds. during routine surveys of mangrove trees in south africa, wounds on branches and stems of avicennia marina were regularly monitored for the presence of o ... | 2016 | 27562287 |
| rhizodegradation potential and tolerance of avicennia marina (forsk.) vierh in phenanthrene and pyrene contaminated sediments. | a pot experiment was conducted to investigate the dissipation of phenanthrene and pyrene in spiked sediments with presence of avicennia marina (forsk.) vierh. the rhizosphere environment was set up using a self-design nylon rhizo-bag which divided the sediment into the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere. results showed that the dissipation of phenanthrene and pyrene were significantly enhanced in the rhizosphere compared with non-rhizosphere sediments. plant roots promoted dissipation significantly ... | 2016 | 27373941 |
| plumbing the depths: extracellular water storage in specialized leaf structures and its functional expression in a three-domain pressure -volume relationship. | a three-domain pressure-volume relationship (pv curve) was studied in relation to leaf anatomical structure during dehydration in the grey mangrove, avicennia marina. in domain 1, relative water content (rwc) declined 13% with 0.85 mpa decrease in leaf water potential, reflecting a decrease in extracellular water stored primarily in trichomes and petiolar cisternae. in domain 2, rwc decreased by another 12% with a further reduction in leaf water potential to -5.1 mpa, the turgor loss point. give ... | 2016 | 27362496 |
| leaf stable isotope and nutrient status of temperate mangroves as ecological indicators to assess anthropogenic activity and recovery from eutrophication. | we measured nitrogen stable isotope values (δ(15)n), and total phosphorus (%p) and total nitrogen (%n) contents in leaves of the temperate mangrove (avicennia marina sp. australasica) from three coastal ecosystems exposed to various levels of human impact (manukau, high; mangawhai, low; and waitemata, intermediate) in northern new zealand. we measured δ(15)n values around 10‰ in environments where the major terrestrial water inputs are sewage. the highest average total nitrogen contents and δ(15 ... | 2016 | 28066477 |
| effects of a.marina-derived isoquercitrin on tnf-related apoptosis-inducing ligand receptor (trail-r) expression and apoptosis induction in cervical cancer cells. | tnf-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (trail) is an anticancer agent, which has greater apoptosis inducing capacity, but most of the cancer cells become resistant to trail-induced apoptosis. the combined treatment of trail with natural products could restore the cancer cell sensitivity to recombinant human trail (rhtrail) protein and might enhance the tnf-related apoptosis-inducing ligand receptor (trail-r) expression. this investigation was aimed to isolate flavonoids from leaves of avicennia m ... | 2016 | 28013431 |
| the protective effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of mangrove (avicennia marina l.) leaves on kidney injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in male rats. | materials can cause liver and kidney damage which carbon tetrachloride is one of these substances. medicinal plants and their essential oils and extracts have been used to a large extent as drugs to better control and management of kidney diseases. | 2016 | 27921022 |
| phenology and growth dynamics of avicennia marina in the central red sea. | the formation of nodes, stem elongation and the phenology of stunted avicennia marina was examined in the central red sea, where avicennia marina is at the limit of its distribution range and submitted to extremely arid conditions with salinity above 38 psu and water temperature as high as 35° c. the annual node production was rather uniform among locations averaging 9.59 node y(-1), which resulted in a plastocron interval, the interval in between production of two consecutive nodes along a stem ... | 2016 | 27892956 |
| rhizosphere microbiome metagenomics of gray mangroves (avicennia marina) in the red sea. | mangroves are unique, and endangered, coastal ecosystems that play a vital role in the tropical and subtropical environments. a comprehensive description of the microbial communities in these ecosystems is currently lacking, and additional studies are required to have a complete understanding of the functioning and resilience of mangroves worldwide. in this work, we carried out a metagenomic study by comparing the microbial community of mangrove sediment with the rhizosphere microbiome of avicen ... | 2016 | 26475934 |
| pyrosequencing-based seasonal observation of prokaryotic diversity in pneumatophore-associated soil of avicennia marina. | pneumatophores are aerial roots developing from the main roots of mangrove plants away from the gravity. the below ground pneumatophore-associated soil prokaryotic community of avicennia marina was studied by amplicon pyrosequencing (39,378 reads) during monsoon and summer seasons. apart from the most dominant phylum proteobacteria in both seasons, the second most were acidobacteria (summer) and cyanobacteria/chloroplast (monsoon). similarly, acidobacteria_gp10 and cyanobacteria were the second ... | 2016 | 26446550 |
| influence of the phenols on the biogeochemical behavior of cadmium in the mangrove sediment. | phenols exert a great influence on the dynamic process of cd in the soil-plant interface. we investigated the influence of phenols on the biogeochemical behavior of cadmium in the rhizosphere of avicennia marina (forsk) vierh. all combinations of four levels of cadmium (0, 1, 2 and 4 mg/kg dw) and two levels of phenol (0 and 15 mg/kg dw) were included in the experimental design. we found that phenols facilitated increasing concentrations of exchangeable cadmium (ex-cd), acid volatile sulfide (av ... | 2016 | 26598988 |
| in situ determination of the depuration of three- and four-ringed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons co-adsorbed onto mangrove leaf surfaces. | a dual-wavelength fiber-optic fluorimetry for the in situ simultaneous determinations of fluorene (flu), phenanthrene (phe) and pyrene (pyr) adsorbed onto the leaf surfaces of living avicennia marina (am) seedling were developed and used to study the depuration kinetics of the three pahs, adsorbed individually or mixed together, onto living am leaf surfaces. limits of detection for the in situ measurements of adsorbed flu, phe and pyr were 4.62, 2.75 and 1.38 ng spot(-1), respectively. the depur ... | 2016 | 26561206 |
| structural equation modelling reveals factors regulating surface sediment organic carbon content and co2 efflux in a subtropical mangrove. | mangroves are blue carbon ecosystems that sequester significant carbon but release co2, and to a lesser extent ch4, from the sediment through oxidation of organic carbon or from overlying water when flooded. previous studies, e.g. leopold et al. (2015), have investigated sediment organic carbon (soc) content and co2 flux separately, but could not provide a holistic perspective for both components of blue carbon. based on field data from a mangrove in southeast queensland, australia, we used a st ... | 2017 | 27836338 |
| insight into the long-term effect of mangrove species on removal of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes) from bde-47 contaminated sediments. | polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes) have become ubiquitous environmental contaminants, particularly in mangrove wetlands. however, little is known about the long-term effect of mangrove plants on pbde removal from contaminated sediments. a 12-month microcosm experiment was conducted to understand the effect of two mangrove species, namely avicennia marina (am) and aegiceras corniculatum (ac), on pbde removal from the sediments spiked with 2000ngg(-1) dry weight of bde-47, and to explore the m ... | 2017 | 27750135 |
| radionuclide ((226)ra, (232)th, (40)k) accumulation among plant species in mangrove ecosystems of pattani bay, thailand. | little is known regarding phytoremediation of radionuclides from soil; even less is known about radionuclide contamination and removal in tropical ecosystems such as mangrove forests. in mangrove forests in pattani bay, thailand, 18 plant species from 17 genera were evaluated for radionuclide concentrations within selected plant parts. two shrub species, avicennia marina and pluchea indica, accumulated the highest (232)th (24.6bqkg(-1)) and (40)k (220.7bqkg(-1)) activity concentrations in roots, ... | 2017 | 28012738 |
| limits on carbon sequestration in arid blue carbon ecosystems. | coastal ecosystems produce and sequester significant amounts of carbon ("blue carbon"), which has been well documented in humid and semi-humid regions of temperate and tropical climates but less so in arid regions where mangroves, marshes, and seagrasses exist near the limit of their tolerance for extreme temperature and salinity. to better understand these unique systems, we measured whole-ecosystem carbon stocks in 58 sites across the united arab emirates (uae) in natural and planted mangroves ... | 2017 | 27992951 |
| identification of heavy metal pollutant tolerance-associated genes in avicennia marina (forsk.) by suppression subtractive hybridization. | the halophytic avicennia marina (forsk.) is one of the pioneer mangroves along the south coast of china. it is an appropriate material for understanding molecular mechanisms of heavy metal tolerance in mangrove plants. a forward and a reverse cdna library was constructed by pcr-based suppressive subtractive hybridization (ssh) to isolate these tolerance-associated genes from a. marina leaves. a total of 99 ests obtained from the forward and reverse libraries showed significant differential expre ... | 2017 | 28343634 |
| endophytic botryosphaeriaceae, including five new species, associated with mangrove trees in south africa. | little is known regarding the fungi, especially fungal pathogens, associated with mangroves in africa. this includes fungi in the botryosphaeriaceae that comprise numerous opportunistic, stress-associated pathogens often associated with trees affected by environmental and anthropogenically generated stresses, such as those affecting mangroves. we investigated the occurrence of endophytic botryosphaeriaceae along the entire distribution of mangroves in south africa. asymptomatic branches were col ... | 2017 | 28317540 |
| structure revision of aspergicin by the crystal structure of aspergicine, a co-occurring isomer produced by co-culture of two mangrove epiphytic fungi. | the structure of aspergicin (1), an antibacterial alkaloid produced by co-culture of two marine-derived mangrove epiphytic fungi, were revised by the co-occurring isomer named as aspergicine (2), whose structure was determined on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and x-ray crystallography. | 2017 | 28287288 |
| synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking of avicequinone c analogues as potential steroid 5α-reductase inhibitors. | avicequinone c (5a), a furanonaphthoquinone isolated from the thai mangrove avicennia marina has been shown previously to have interesting steroid 5α-reductase type 1 inhibitory activity. in this study, a series of avicequinone c analogues containing furanonaphthoquinone with different degrees of saturation and substituents at the furan ring were synthesized. the resulting synthetic avicequinone c and analogues (5a-f) along with some related compounds including 2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone (6) ... | 2017 | 28250347 |
| does energetic cost for leaf construction in sonneratia change after introduce to another mangrove wetland and differ from native mangrove plants in south china? | exotic species invasions are serious ecological problems. leaf construction cost (cc) and growth traits of two sonneratia (sonneratia caseolaris and s. apetala) and four native species (bruguiera gymnorrhiza, kandelia obovata, aegiceras corniculatum and avicennia marina) in hainan and shenzhen mangrove wetlands were compared to evaluate invasive potentials of sonneratia after introduced to shenzhen, their new habitat. there were no significant differences in cc and growth traits between two wetl ... | 2017 | 28245937 |
| leaf miner-induced morphological, physiological and molecular changes in mangrove plant avicennia marina (forsk.) vierh. | 2017 | 28173596 | |
| phosphorus mediation of cadmium stress in two mangrove seedlings avicennia marina and kandelia obovata differing in cadmium accumulation. | mangrove ecosystems are vulnerable to environmental threats. in order to elucidate the effect of phosphorus (p) on cadmium (cd) tolerance and physiological responses in mangroves under cd stress, a mangrove specie with salt exclusion kandelia obovata and a specie with salt secretion avicennia marina were compared in a hydroponic experiment. the results showed that most cd was accumulated in mangrove roots and that p addition induced cd immobilisation in them. cd stress significantly increased ma ... | 2017 | 28161586 |
| salt management strategy defines the stem and leaf hydraulic characteristics of six mangrove tree species. | mangroves in hypersaline coastal habitats are under constant high xylem tension and face great risk of hydraulic dysfunction. to investigate the relationships between functional traits and salt management, we measured 20 hydraulic and photosynthetic traits in four salt-adapted (sa) and two non-sa (nsa) mangrove tree species in south china. the sa species included two salt secretors (sss), avicennia marina (forsskål) vierhapper and aegiceras corniculatum (l.) blanco and two salt excluders (ses), ... | 2017 | 28100712 |
| leaf water storage increases with salinity and aridity in the mangrove avicennia marina: integration of leaf structure, osmotic adjustment, and access to multiple water sources. | leaf structure and water relations were studied in a temperate population of avicennia marina subsp. australasica along a natural salinity gradient (28 to 49 parts per thousand (ppt)) and compared with two subspecies grown naturally in similar soil salinities to those of subsp. australasica but under different climates: subsp. eucalyptifolia (salinity 30 ppt, wet tropics) and subsp. marina (salinity 46 ppt, arid tropics). leaf thickness, leaf dry mass per area, and water content increased with s ... | 2017 | 28382635 |
| accumulation and speciation of cd in avicennia marina tissues. | avicennia marina is a high cd tolerant species in the mangrove wetlands. a hydroponic experiment was carried out to research the accumulation and chemical form distribution of cd in the tissues of a. marina under different concentration and time of cd stress. it was found that the concentrations of cd in plant tissues followed the order of root> stem>leaf. the data suggested that root activity decreased, cd accumulation ability weakened in roots and the translocation factor increased in stems an ... | 2017 | 28345963 |