Variation in measured values of photosynthetic quantum yield in ecophysiological studies

Oecologia ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric L. Singsaas ◽  
Donald R. Ort ◽  
Evan H. DeLucia
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Photosynthetic Quantum Yield

scholarly journals In situ photosynthetic quantum yield. Correspondence to hydrographic and optical variability within the Southern California Bight

1993 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 25-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Schofield ◽  
BB Prezélin ◽  
FtR Bidigare ◽  
RC Smith
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Southern California Bight ◽  
Optical Variability ◽  
Photosynthetic Quantum Yield

Feeding sustains photosynthetic quantum yield of a scleractinian coral during thermal stress

Oecologia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 157 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther M. Borell ◽  
Kai Bischof
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stress ◽  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Scleractinian Coral ◽  
Photosynthetic Quantum Yield

Diurnal changes of photosynthetic quantum yield in the intertidal macroalga Sargassum thunbergii under simulated tidal emersion conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 50-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Qiang Yu ◽  
Quan Sheng Zhang ◽  
Yong Zheng Tang ◽  
Xue Meng Li ◽  
Hong Liang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Diurnal Changes ◽  
Sargassum Thunbergii ◽  
Photosynthetic Quantum Yield ◽  
Tidal Emersion

Effects of frost hardening on photosynthetic quantum yield, chlorophyll organization, and energy distribution between the two photosystems in Scots pine

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 748-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Öquist ◽  
Martin Strand
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Energy Distribution ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Photosynthetic Efficiency ◽  
Protein Complexes ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Photosynthetic Apparatus ◽  
Frost Hardening ◽  
Photosynthetic Quantum Yield ◽  
Chlorophyll Protein

Seedlings of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), with only primary needles, were frost hardened under a photoperiod of 8 h and a temperature of 4 °C for 6–9 weeks. The effects of frost hardening were studied on (i) the photosynthetic efficiency as defined by the quantum yield of CO2 uptake under light-limiting conditions, (ii) the energy partitioning between the two photosystems as analyzed by 77 K fluorescence spectroscopy, and (iii) the distribution of solubilized chlorophyll–protein complexes after electrophoretic separation. It was found that frost hardening had no significant effects either on the photosynthetic quantum yield measured at 23–25 °C or on the energy distribution between the two photosystems. Despite these findings, frost hardening affected the chlorophyll organization so that the proportion of aggregated complexes such as chlorophyll–protein 1a and the dimeric form of light-harvesting chlorophyll–protein decreased. Frost hardening also decreased the amount of chlorophyll–protein a and increased the amount of free, solubilized chlorophyll in the gel scan profile. From these results it is concluded that frost hardening affects the chemical interactions within the antennae organization of the photosynthetic apparatus but that these changes have no significant effects on the energy distribution between the two photosystems or on the photosynthetic efficiency as defined by the quantum yield for CO2 uptake.

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