Use of active fluorescence to estimate phytoplankton photosynthesis in situ
We describe the theory and practice of estimating photosynthetic rates from light‐stimulated changes in the quantum yield of chlorophyll fluorescence. By means of a pump‐and‐probe fluorescence technique, where weak probe flashes are used to measure the change in the quantum yield of fluorescence ind...
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crwiley:10.4319/lo.1993.38.8.1646 2024-09-15T18:26:23+00:00 Use of active fluorescence to estimate phytoplankton photosynthesis in situ Kolber, Zbigniew Falkowski, Paul G. 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1993.38.8.1646 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.1993.38.8.1646 https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1993.38.8.1646 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Limnology and Oceanography volume 38, issue 8, page 1646-1665 ISSN 0024-3590 1939-5590 journal-article 1993 crwiley https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1993.38.8.1646 2024-08-22T04:18:17Z We describe the theory and practice of estimating photosynthetic rates from light‐stimulated changes in the quantum yield of chlorophyll fluorescence. By means of a pump‐and‐probe fluorescence technique, where weak probe flashes are used to measure the change in the quantum yield of fluorescence induced by the strong pump flash, it is possible to derive the absolute absorption cross sections for photosystem 2, the quantum yield for photochemistry, and the maximum rate of photosynthetic electron transport at light saturation. In conjunction with a semiempirical biophysical model of photosynthesis, these parameters can be used to calculate the instantaneous rate of gross photosynthesis in situ under ambient irradiance. A profiling pump‐and‐probe fluorometer was constructed and interfaced with a CTD, and vertical profiles of variable fluorescence were obtained on four cruises in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. The derived photosynthetic rates were compared with concurrent estimates of production based on radiocarbon uptake. The correlation coefficient between the two estimates of primary production, normalized to Chl a , was 0.86; linear regression analysis yielded a slope of 1.06. There is a 3‐4‐fold range in the maximum change in the quantum yields of photochemistry and absorption cross‐sections in natural phytoplankton communities. Uncertainties in the pump‐and‐probe‐derived estimates of photosynthesis are primarily due to temporal mismatches between instantaneous and time‐integrated measures of production and in biological variability in the ratio of the number of PS2 reaction centers to total Chl a . Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Atlantic Wiley Online Library Limnology and Oceanography 38 8 1646 1665 |
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We describe the theory and practice of estimating photosynthetic rates from light‐stimulated changes in the quantum yield of chlorophyll fluorescence. By means of a pump‐and‐probe fluorescence technique, where weak probe flashes are used to measure the change in the quantum yield of fluorescence induced by the strong pump flash, it is possible to derive the absolute absorption cross sections for photosystem 2, the quantum yield for photochemistry, and the maximum rate of photosynthetic electron transport at light saturation. In conjunction with a semiempirical biophysical model of photosynthesis, these parameters can be used to calculate the instantaneous rate of gross photosynthesis in situ under ambient irradiance. A profiling pump‐and‐probe fluorometer was constructed and interfaced with a CTD, and vertical profiles of variable fluorescence were obtained on four cruises in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. The derived photosynthetic rates were compared with concurrent estimates of production based on radiocarbon uptake. The correlation coefficient between the two estimates of primary production, normalized to Chl a , was 0.86; linear regression analysis yielded a slope of 1.06. There is a 3‐4‐fold range in the maximum change in the quantum yields of photochemistry and absorption cross‐sections in natural phytoplankton communities. Uncertainties in the pump‐and‐probe‐derived estimates of photosynthesis are primarily due to temporal mismatches between instantaneous and time‐integrated measures of production and in biological variability in the ratio of the number of PS2 reaction centers to total Chl a . |
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Use of active fluorescence to estimate phytoplankton photosynthesis in situ |
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Use of active fluorescence to estimate phytoplankton photosynthesis in situ |
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Use of active fluorescence to estimate phytoplankton photosynthesis in situ |
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Use of active fluorescence to estimate phytoplankton photosynthesis in situ |
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Use of active fluorescence to estimate phytoplankton photosynthesis in situ |
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use of active fluorescence to estimate phytoplankton photosynthesis in situ |
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