What is buoyancy? - Biology Forum

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canalon 14 years, 4 months ago

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- August 9, 2010 at 1:02 pm #13639
  TwoThousandAndTen
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  It may be a simple question, but I need a simple explanation of buoyancy.
  For example: Hydrophytes have fewer stomata and large air spaces for buoyancy?
- August 9, 2010 at 5:11 pm #100812
  Darby
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  I guess in this chance buoyancy is how close you can get to matching the density of your support medium – air, in this case. It relates to how much material and/or power must be put into support.
- August 11, 2010 at 2:12 am #100839
  canalon
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  Yes it is the ability to float in a medium of a given density. For vegetals living in water, that would be important as it will have a strong impact on where they will be in the water column (and how much light and O2 they will get).
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