Rapid light curves: A powerful tool to assess photosynthetic activity

By Peter J. Ralph, R. Gademann. 2005

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Impact of light limitation on seagrasses (2007, background): “…efficiency (α), reduced maximum electron transport rate (rETRmax), and a reduction in the saturating irradiance (Ek) as derived from rapid light curves (Ralph, 1999; Schwarz and Hellblom, 2002; Campbell et al., 2003; Ruiz and Romero, 2003; Silva and Santos, 2003; Ralph and Gademann, 2005).”
Juvenile corals can acquire more carbon from high-performance algal symbionts (2009, background): “Relative electron transportate of PSII rETRð Þ ¼ DF=Fm0 PAR ð1Þ Minimum fluorescence (F in illuminated samples or Fo in dark-adapted samples) was determined by applying a weak pulse-modulated red measuring light (0.15 lmol photons m-2 s-1).”
Effects of a simulated heat wave on photophysiology and gene expression of high- and low-latitude populations of Zostera marina (2011, methodology): “Each step lasted 10 s and was followed by a measurement of the effective quantum yield (ΔF/Fm’) after which light was increased to the next irradiance level (Ralph & Gademann 2005).”
Grazing pressure on coral reefs decreases across a wide depth gradient in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (2010, methodology): “On a cloudless day in December 2008, we generated rapid light curves (RLC, or rapid P-I curves: see Ralph and Gademann 2005) for 3 to 4 turf algae clumps at the following 9 depths: 1.5, 6, 11, 16, 21, 25, 30, 35 and 41 m. Ambient photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) was measured using the…”
Effects of temperature and irradiance on photosynthesis and growth of a green-tide-forming species (Ulva linza) in the Yellow Sea (2011, methodology): “Rapid light curves (RLCs) were used to measure photosynthetic performance under an initial period of quasi-darkness followed by eight 10-s periods of increasing actinic light exposure (Ralph and Gademann 2005).”
Photosynthetic activity, photoprotection and photoinhibition in intertidal microphytobenthos as studied in situ using variable chlorophyll fluorescence (2008, background): “Although determined from light-response curves too short to allow reaching of steady state under each light step, rETRm,RLC is related to the maximum photosynthetic capacity, reached when the rate of photosynthesis is limited by the activity of the electron transport chain or Calvin cycle enzymes (B”
The Use of the Fluorescence Signal in Studies of Seagrasses and Macroalgae (2010, methodology): “The illumination time for RLCs generally used in the study of macroalgae and seagrass photosynthesis, is 10–20 s (e.g., Durako et al. 2003; Silva and Santos 2003; Ralph and Gademann 2005; Colombo-Pallota et al. 2006; Strain et al. 2006).”
Light response curve methodology and possible implications in the application of chlorophyll fluorescence to benthic diatoms (2006, methodology): “379 Ralph and Gademann (2005) conducted a recent similar investigation on the 380 higher aquatic plant Zostera marina.”
Overview of the potential of microalgae for CO2 sequestration (2014, background): “I) curve, which has three distinctive regions: light-limited photosynthesis, light-saturated photosynthesis and photoinhibition (Ralph and Gademann 2003).”