action potentials

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Dionaea muscipula - Venus Flytrap, Carnivorous Plants Online - Botanical Society of America
... concentrations. Hydrogen ions move rapidly into the cell walls of the midrib in response to action potentials from the trigger hairs (Salisbury and Ross (1985)). We can only guess what happens here ...
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Ch 47 Sense Organs                                       &nb
... retina transmits in the form of action potentials, sensory input from the rod and cone cells stimulated by the qualities of light. Rod cells initiate action potentials based on any type of light reception and are easily stimulated even by low light levels. Cone cells initiate action potentials based upon the color ( ...
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Ch 49
... nerve impulses (action potentials) to the release of neurotransmitters from synaptic vesicles. muscle cell contractions; here calcium is involved in signal transduction between neurotransmitters released by motor neurons and the action of the ...
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Drift Seeds and Drift Fruits
... cells so they can take in water. They maintain lower water potentials in their roots by having higher internal salt concentrations than ... new career as a drift disseminule. After many months of wave action and abrasion in tropical waters, the endocarp gradually becomes eroded into ... the Struggle for Life. London. Darwin, C. 1857. "On the Action of Sea-Water on the Germination of Seeds." Journal of ...
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Seagrasses
... potential) in their root cells so they can take in water. They maintain lower water potentials in their roots by having higher internal salt concentrations than seawater and by losing water ... growths of eelgrass were completely devastated and beaches which had been protected from heavy wave action were now exposed to storms. Without the stabilizing effects of eelgrass rhizomes, silt spread over ...
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Pinus sabiniana Dougl
... minimize transpiration losses of water during dry seasons through low foliar biomass and good stomatal action. On zonal soils of more mesic sites, Digger pine cannot compete with forest vegetation. ... pine has more stomates per needle than Digger pine and maintains slightly lower leaf water potentials (33). This, coupled with its greater foliar density, gives ponderosa pine a growth advantage where ...
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Prairie Restorations Inc - Services
... realistic plans that include information on site history, existing plant communities, specific management problems, restoration potentials, annual work schedules, and suggested management practices. These plans are very helpful to managers ... many but none more important than that of having a detailed, mapped out plan of action. Whether you view yourself as a steward to the land or you consider the ...
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Open Directory - Science: Biology: Biophysics
... of ion channels and excitable membranes including diffusion, membrane potentials, nerve voltage clamp, and propagated action potentials. Electrophysiology of Plants - Describes the membrane and action potentials of enzymatically isolated giant plant protoplasts and induction of ...
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