When the sun never sets: daily changes in pigment composition in three subarctic woody plants during the summer solstice

• Main Authors: Fernández Marín, Beatriz, Atherton, Jon, Olascoaga, Beñat, Kolari, Pasi, Porcar Castell, Albert, García Plazaola, José Ignacio
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2018
• Subjects: arctic; carotenoid; chlorophyll; circadian rhythm; photochemical efficiency; xanthophyll cycle; Arctic; Cierva; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10810/29331

Composition and content of photosynthetic pigments is finely tuned by plants according to a subtle equilibrium between the absorbed and used energy by the photosynthetic apparatus. Subarctic and Arctic plants are subjected to extended periods of continuous light during summer. This condition represe...