Morphophysiological Traits of Gray Mangrove (Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh.) at Different Levels of Soil Salinity

Table 2

Rates of photosynthesis, transpiration, and other corresponding physiological parameters of A. marina at sites with different salinity.

Stand	Photo. (A); µmol CO2	Intercellular CO2 Concentration; (Ci); µmol CO2	Trans. (E); mmol H2O	Stomatal Cond. (); mmol H2O	Water Use Efficiency (WUE	Mean EC
Tubli	7.7 ± 0.36 c	271.8 ± 7.7 b	3.8 ± 0.08 c	165.7 ± 6.75 c	0.0022 ± 8.69e-5 a	12.3±1.6
Sitra (1)	9.6 ± 0.26 b	301.9 ± 4.5 a	4.2 ± 0.11 b	290.5 ± 12.8 a	0.0023 ± 9.23e-5 a	14.2±1.1
Sitra (2)	10.6 ± 0.35 a	277.7 ± 3.2 b	4.9 ± 0.12 a	226.7 ± 8.6 b	0.0021 ± 7.14e-5 a	17.1±1.4
p value	<0.0001	0.0003	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.3024
mean	9.48 ± 0.2	282.32 ± 2.99	4.39 ± 0.07	225.4 ± 5.98	0.002 ± 4.73e-5

Levels not connected with the same letter are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).
See Table 1.