SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Black K, Tobin B, Saiz G, Byrne K & Osborne B (2003). Improved estimates of biomass expansion factors for Sitka spruce. Irish Forestry (in press).

Osborne B.A, Black K.G., Lanigan G.J., Perks M. and Clabby G. (2003) Survival on the Exposed Limestone: Photosynthesis and Water Relations of Three Co-Occurring Plant Species. Biology and Environment (in press).

Davis P.A, Beard S.J, and Walsby A.E. (2002). Variation in filaments width and gas vesicles of red and green isolates of Planktothrix spp. Archive für Hydrobiologie Supplement, Algological Studies (In Press).

Davis P.A, Dent M, Parker J, Reynolds C.S and Walsby A.E. (2002). The annual cycle of biomass change and growth rate of Planktothrix spp. in Blelham Tarn. English Lake District. Freshwater Biology (In Press).

Black K.G, Parsons R. and Osborne B.A (2002) The Uptake and Metabolism of Glucose in the Gunnera-Nostoc Symbiosis. New Phytologist 153, 297-305.

Davis P.A and Walsby A.E. (2002) Comparison of measured growth rates with those calculated from rates of photosynthesis in Planktothrix spp. isolated from Blelham Tarn, English Lake District. New Phytologist 156: 225-239.

Davis P.A. (2002). The Ecophysiology and gas vesicles of Planktothrix spp. PhD Thesis. Bristol, UK. University of Bristol.

Black K.G, Osborne B.A and Mitchell D.T. (2001) Photosynthetic Water-Use and Phosphorus-Use Efficiencies of Mycorrhizal Cucumber Plants. Aspects of Applied Biology 63, 195-202.

Perks, M. P., Monaghan, S. O’Reilly, C., Osborne, B. A. and Mitchell, D. T. (2001). Chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics, performance and survival of freshly lifted and cold-stored Douglas fir seedlings. Annals of Forest Science 58, 225-235.

Clabby, G. and Osborne, B. A. (2001). The invasion history of Mycelis muralis (L.) in Ireland. In Plant Invasions: Species Ecology and Ecosystem Management, pp. 55-62. Eds. G. Brundu, J. Brock, I. Camarda, L. Child and M. Wade. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Valentine, A. J., Osborne, B. A. and Mitchell, D. T. (2001). Interactions between phosphorus supply and total nutrient availability on mycorrhizal colonisation, growth and photosynthesis of cucumber. Scientia Horticulturae 88, 177-189.

Vaughan IP, Davis PA and Walsby AE. (2001) Changes in the photosynthesis ` a and Pm of Planktothrix rubescens grown on light-dark cycles. Aquatic Sciences 63: 350-362.

Botha, F.C. and Black K.G. (2000) Sucrose Phosphate Synthase and Sucrose Synthase Activity During Maturation of Internodal Tissue in Sugarcane. Australian. J. Plant Physiology 27, 81-85.

Black, K.G, Mitchell, D.T. and Osborne B.A (2000) Effect of Mycorrhizal-Enhanced Leaf Phosphate Status on Carbon Partitioning, Photosynthesis and Translocation in Cucumber. Plant Cell and Environment 23, 797-809.

Beard SJ, Davis PA, Iglesias-Rodrigues D, Skulberg OM and Walsby AE. (2000) Gas vesicle gene in Planktothrix spp. From Nordic lakes: strains with weak gas vesicle possess a longer variant of gvpC. Microbiology 146: 2009-2018.

Clabby, G. and Osborne, B. A. (1999). Mycelis muralis L. (Dumort). Biological Flora of the British Isles. Journal of Ecology 87, 156-172.

Hickey, B. and Osborne, B. A. (1998). Effect of Gunnera tinctoria (Molina) Mirbel on semi-natural grassland habitats in the west of Ireland. In Plant Invasions: Ecological Mechanisms and Human Responses, pp. 195-208. Eds U. Starfinger, K. Edwards. I. Kowarik and M. Williamson. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.