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pneumatophore

Erect root that rises up above the soil or water and promotes gas exchange. Pneumatophores, or breathing roots, are formed by certain swamp-dwelling trees, such as mangroves, since there is little oxygen available to the roots in waterlogged conditions. They have numerous pores or lenticels over their surface, allowing gas exchange.
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While it grows in water, the shallow roots tend to rise up above the soil to form cone-shaped pneumatophores, called its ?
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This pattern was consistent with the much greater availability of hard substratum for attachment on rocky shores than in mangroves, a predominantly sedimentary environment where oysters are confined to pneumatophores and tree trunks.
Spatial patterns of wild oysters in the Hawkesbury River, NSW, ... by Summerhayes, Stephen A.; Kelaher, Brendan P.; Bishop, Melanie J. / Journal of Shellfish Research
238) In India, the pneumatophores of grey mangroves (Avicennia marina) were found to be conduits of increased emissions of both methane and nitrous oxide.
Swamp swaps: the "second nature" of wetlands by Bosselman, Fred / Environmental Law
 
 
 
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