Photosynthetic Parameters and Empirical Modeling of Primary Production: A Case Study on the Antarctic Peninsula Shelf

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Moline, Mark A., Schofield, Oscar, Boucher, Nicolas P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@CalPoly 1998
• Subjects: Biology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/bio_fac/229; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102098000078; https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/context/bio_fac/article/1236/viewcontent/MolineM_1998.Moline.PhotosyntheticParameters.pdf

Eight hundred photosynthesis-irradiance relationships were determined in the shelf waters adjacent to Palmer Station, Antarctica during the spring/summer periods of 1991–94. Biomass specific maximum photosynthetic rate, PBmax, and the light limited photosynthetic efficiency, αB, were poorly correlat...