Table 4.

Ion concentrations in isolated chloroplasts vs. whole-leaf tissue for three halophytes grown at 340–400 mm NaCl

Species	Chloroplast or whole leaf	Na+ (mm)	K+ (mm)	Cl–(mm)	Method and reference
Mesembryanthemum cristallinum (400 mm NaCl)	Chloroplast	156–234	35–54	42–64	Isolated chloroplasts, Demming and Winter (1986)
	Leaf	498	19	374
Suaeda australis (350 mm NaCl)	Chloroplast	104	73	98	Isolated chloroplasts, Robinson and Downton (1985)
	Leaf	683	67	372
Suaeda maritima (340 mM maCl)	Chloroplast*	133	28	126	X-ray microanalysis of whole leaf, Harvey et al. (1981)
	Leaf	494	39	351
Suaeda maritima (340 mm NaCl)	Chloroplast* † ‡	108	29	110	X-ray microanalysis of whole leaf, Hajibagheri et al. (1984b)

*Adjusted for 78 % solute available space.

^†Data for 90 % of chloroplasts; 10 % had values of Na 329, K 46 and Cl 272 mm.

^‡Leaf concentrations would have been similar to the values in the row above.