A review of frameworks for using bryophytes as indicators of climate change with special emphasis on Sri Lankan bryoflora

Ruklani, N. C. S.; Rubasinghe, Sumudu C. K.; Jayasuriya, K.M.G. Gehan

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-16588-2

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“…The same flavonoid compounds are key for UVB-radiation tolerance in M. polymorpha and angiosperms—flavones and flavones/flavonols, respectively ( Clayton et al , 2018 ; Soriano et al , 2018 a ). However, other compounds may also have more significant roles in mosses, such as biflavonoids or cell wall-bound phenolics, including sphagnorubins ( Newsham et al , 2005 ; Clarke and Robinson, 2008 ; Waterman et al , 2017 , 2018 ; Ruklani et al , 2021 ). There are very limited data available for hornworts, but cell wall-bound phenolics may also be important in this bryophyte group ( Soriano et al , 2018 b ).…”

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“…There can also be climate-related disruptions to microbial populations, affecting both direct plant–microbe interactions and microbial activities associated with degradation of organic material, fixation of inorganic nutrients, and general nutrient cycling processes ( Greaver et al , 2016 ; Jansson and Hofmockel, 2020 ). Thus, taking into account the fragility of some of their key growing environments, and the relatively slow growth rates of bryophytes in those environments, studies have estimated that climate change effects on species composition and biodiversity may be particularly acute for bryophytes ( He et al , 2016 ; Becker Scarpitta et al , 2017 ; Norby et al , 2019 ; Ruklani et al , 2021 ). In turn, given that peat bogs contain around a quarter of all terrestrial carbon, it raises concern for changes in global carbon fluxes, as sustained warming of bog ecosystems may cause a major release of carbon to the atmosphere.…”

Section: Climate Change Specialized Metabolites and Bryophytesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stress, senescence, and specialized metabolites in bryophytes

Kulshrestha

Jibran

Klink

et al. 2022

Journal of Experimental Botany

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Life on land exposes plants to varied abiotic and biotic environmental stresses. These environmental drivers contributed to a large expansion of metabolic capabilities during land plant evolution and species diversification. In this review we summarise knowledge on how the specialised metabolite pathways of bryophytes may contribute to stress tolerance capabilities. Bryophytes are the non-tracheophyte land plant group (comprised of the hornworts, liverworts and mosses) that rapidly diversified following the colonisation of land. Mosses and liverworts have as wide a distribution as flowering plants with regard to available environments, able to grow in polar regions through to hot desert landscapes. Yet in contrast to flowering plants, for which the biosynthetic pathways, transcriptional regulation and compound function of stress tolerance-related metabolite pathways have been extensively characterised, it is only recently that similar data have become available for bryophytes. The bryophyte data are compared to that available for angiosperms, including examining how the differing plant forms of bryophytes and angiosperms may influence specialised metabolite diversity and function. The involvement of stress-induced specialised metabolites in senescence and nutrient response pathways is also discussed.

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Section: Specialized Metabolites and Stress Tolerance In Bryophytesmentioning

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Section: Climate Change Specialized Metabolites and Bryophytesmentioning

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Stress, senescence, and specialized metabolites in bryophytes

Kulshrestha

Jibran

Klink

et al. 2022

Journal of Experimental Botany

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“…Bryophytes serve as the “macrophytes,” providing a matrix where many microscopic organisms live, including tardigrades, mites, rotifers, micro-molluscs, microalgae, microfungi, and prokaryotes ( Gerson 1982 ; Huttunen et al 2017 ; Muggia and Grube 2018 ). They also play an important role as possible indicators of climate change (e.g., Lindo et al 2013 ; Ruklani et al 2021 ), in nutrient cycling ( Rieley et al 1979 ) and through their water retention reducing soil nutrient loss and flooding risk ( Anderson et al 2010 ). Because of their physiological properties they have therefore been used extensively as ecological indicators (e.g., Pakeman et al 2019 ; Déleg et al 2021 ).…”

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Beyond nutmeg, mace, and cloves: Checklist of the liverworts and hornworts of Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia

Nadhifah,

Haerida,

Fastanti

et al. 2024

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The first ever liverwort and hornwort checklist is provided for the Maluku Islands (Moluccas/Spice Islands) of Indonesia. We report 355 accepted and 16 doubtful species and reject 22 species previously reported for Maluku Islands. The list is based on the specimens housed in the Herbarium Bogoriense (BO) and reports from over 500 literature references, including monographs, regional studies, and molecular investigations. The Maluku Islands are part of the Wallacea Biodiversity Hotspot with many unique species found only in Wallacea. Publications focusing on liverworts and hornworts of Maluku Islands are few and scattered. Considering regionally widespread species that have been recorded elsewhere, we predict that further fieldwork exploring the diversity of habitats coupled with collections unveiled from regional herbaria, a number of new records remain to be reported.

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“…Future climate will be warmer, and the direct metabolic effects of higher temperatures on bryophytes and associated C and N cycles have been studied and reviewed elsewhere (Lindo et al ., 2013; He et al ., 2016; Ruklani et al ., 2021; Zhang et al ., 2023). Future precipitation levels will also vary in total amount, frequency, and intensity, and this will further impact bryophyte influences on the amount of water, C, and N being fixed, stored, or lost from ecosystems (Wang et al ., 2019; Liu et al ., 2020).…”

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Impact of changing climate on bryophyte contributions to terrestrial water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles

Slate,

Antoninka,

Bailey

et al. 2024

New Phytologist

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SummaryBryophytes, including the lineages of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, are the second‐largest photoautotroph group on Earth. Recent work across terrestrial ecosystems has highlighted how bryophytes retain and control water, fix substantial amounts of carbon (C), and contribute to nitrogen (N) cycles in forests (boreal, temperate, and tropical), tundra, peatlands, grasslands, and deserts. Understanding how changing climate affects bryophyte contributions to global cycles in different ecosystems is of primary importance. However, because of their small physical size, bryophytes have been largely ignored in research on water, C, and N cycles at global scales. Here, we review the literature on how bryophytes influence global biogeochemical cycles, and we highlight that while some aspects of global change represent critical tipping points for survival, bryophytes may also buffer many ecosystems from change due to their capacity for water, C, and N uptake and storage. However, as the thresholds of resistance of bryophytes to temperature and precipitation regime changes are mostly unknown, it is challenging to predict how long this buffering capacity will remain functional. Furthermore, as ecosystems shift their global distribution in response to changing climate, the size of different bryophyte‐influenced biomes will change, resulting in shifts in the magnitude of bryophyte impacts on global ecosystem functions.

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A review of frameworks for using bryophytes as indicators of climate change with special emphasis on Sri Lankan bryoflora

Cited by 8 publications

References 118 publications

Stress, senescence, and specialized metabolites in bryophytes

Stress, senescence, and specialized metabolites in bryophytes

Beyond nutmeg, mace, and cloves: Checklist of the liverworts and hornworts of Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia

Impact of changing climate on bryophyte contributions to terrestrial water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles

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