Table 2.

Maximum values of photosynthetic rate in evergreen trees growing in a várzea and an igapó during drainage (D) and flooding (FF).

Species	Wetland	PN(μmol m−2 s−1)		References
		D	FF
Pouteria glomerata	várzea	10.0 ± 1.3	10.4 ± 2.0	Parolin et al. (2006)
Pouteria glomerata	várzea	12.0	12.2	Armbrüster et al. (2004)
Cecropia latiloba	várzea	16.8 ± 1.5	15.0 ± 4.6	Parolin (2000)
Senna reticulata	várzea	20.0 ± 4.0	18.4 ± 4.3
Nectandra amazonum	várzea	9.3 ± 2.4	7.6 ± 3.1
All		13.6	12.7
Acosmium nitens	igapó	8.7 ± 0.9	11.6 ± 0.7
Eschweilera tenuifolia	igapó	6.3 ± 0.7	8.6 ± 1.3
Campsiandra laurifolia	igapó	8.0 ± 1.2	13.6 ± 0.5
Symmeria paniculata	igapó	4.3 ± 0.8	10.0 ± 0.9
Psidium ovatifolium	igapó	3.7 ± 0.4	10.0 ± 0.9
All		6.2	10.8

Values are mean ± SE for species and mean for each wetland (in bold). Data for the igapó are means of value reported by Fernández et al. (1999), Rengifo et al. (2005), and Herrera et al. (2008a,b).