The number of stomata on leaf surfaces varies widely among different species of plants. Generally, the lower epidermis of the leaf tends to have a higher total than the upper surface. Botanists have made stomatal counts for many species.
www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/AEF/1994/case_leaf.html www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/AEF/1994/case_leaf.html
Stoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In botany, a stoma (also stomate ; plural stomata ) is a pore, found in the leaf and stem epidermis that is used for gas exchange. The pore is formed by a pair of specialized parenchyma cells kn...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoma
1. Obtain the leaf upon which you wish to census stomata. 2. On the side you wish to census stomata (typically the leaf underside) paint a rather thick swath of clear nail polish.
tiee.ecoed.net/vol/v1/experiments/stomata/stomata_descr... tiee.ecoed.net/vol/v1/experiments/stomata/stomata_description.html
HOW DOES THE TYPE OF LIGHT AFFECT THE NUMBER OF LEAF STOMATA? ... Transpiration is the loss of water from the plants as it evaporates out of the stomata along the leaf. As we discovered, the amount of light a leaf receives can determine how many stomata will have a greater number of stomata while those in the shade have fewer.
www.mercer.edu/camps/message/summer2000/summer2000-stom... www.mercer.edu/camps/message/summer2000/summer2000-stomata.htm
Counting Leaf Stomata ... 6. What two gases move in and out of the leaf stomata? ... 7. What does a larger number of leaf stomata indicate about the growing climate of that plant?
www.biologyjunction.com/leaf_stomata_lab.htm www.biologyjunction.com/leaf_stomata_lab.htm
Stomata: Microscopic Openings ... correctly locate and identify stomata on a leaf. ... Leaf Stomata as Bioindicators of Environmental Change...
www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1998/stomata/ www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1998/stomata/
Diagram of leaf structure. Note the arrangement of tissue layers within the leaf ... Guard cells are bean-shaped cells covering the stomata opening. They regulate exchange of water vapor, oxygen and carbon dioxide through the stoma.
www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPLANT... www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPLANTANAT.html
Micscape Magazine for enthusiast microscopy ... Welcome to Micscape Magazine - the monthly e-zine for enthusiast microscopists contributed to by people all over the world. Interested in the small-scale world? Then you are in for a thrill. ... You are using a browser that doesn't support our menu navigation system which uses Frames.
www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/schools/images/stomata.html www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/schools/images/stomata.html
"We now have examined hundreds of leaves for leaf stomata counts. The leaves that we have been using are mostly from the cottonwood (Populus deltoides). A limitation of the technique is that smooth, non-hairy leaves must be used.
www.concord.org/~barbara/gaiamatters/investigations/sto... www.concord.org/~barbara/gaiamatters/investigations/stomata.html
The guard cells regulate the opening and closing of the stomata. Thus they control the exchange of gases between the leaf and the surrounding atmosphere. ... Link to discussion of gas exchange in the leaf and the control of stomata.
users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/L/Leaf.... users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/L/Leaf.html
Definitions