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Methodology of light response curves: application of chlorophyll fluorescence to microphytobenthic biofilms

The light response curve methodology for microphytobenthic biofilms was studied by comparing the two most usual approaches used in pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry. The non-sequential light curve (N-SLC) method is characterized by independent measures of the photosynthetic activity across...

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Autores principales: Herlory, O., Richard, P., Blanchard, G. F.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6182592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0787-9
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Richard, P.
Blanchard, G. F.
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description The light response curve methodology for microphytobenthic biofilms was studied by comparing the two most usual approaches used in pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry. The non-sequential light curve (N-SLC) method is characterized by independent measures of the photosynthetic activity across a light gradient whereas the rapid light curve (RLC) method consists of successive measures on the same sample exposed to a stepwise increase of light intensities. Experiments were carried out on experimental microphytobenthic biofilms prepared from natural assemblages and acclimated to dark conditions. In preliminary experiments, N-SLCs were constructed from fluorescence induction curves performed at 12 different photon flux densities (PFDs). A minimum of 50 s of illumination was necessary to reach a stable light response curve; shorter illumination times resulted in underestimating the physiological parameters (α the light utilization coefficient in light-limited conditions and rETR(max) the maximum rate of photosynthesis efficiency) of the light response curve. For the comparison between N-SLCs and RLCs, the same time of illumination (50 s) was used for each light step of RLCs so that N-SLCs differed from RLCs only by the way the amount of light was delivered, i.e., a light dose accumulation for RLC. The experimental results showed the difference between the two photobiological response curves. In the lower range of PFDs, RLCs exhibited a larger value of α; in this light-limited part of the response curve the incremental increase of PFDs limited the development of NPQ and resulted in a better optimization of electron transport rate for RLC. In the higher range of PFDs, the trend was reversed and the RLC showed a lower value of rETR(max) than the N-SLC did; this is attributed to the light dose accumulation which likely led to a more efficient dispersion of energy, as illustrated by a higher non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). In conclusion, these results confirm that parameters derived from both methods differ in their value and do not bear the same physiological information.
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spelling pubmed-61825922018-10-22 Methodology of light response curves: application of chlorophyll fluorescence to microphytobenthic biofilms Herlory, O. Richard, P. Blanchard, G. F. Mar Biol Research Article The light response curve methodology for microphytobenthic biofilms was studied by comparing the two most usual approaches used in pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry. The non-sequential light curve (N-SLC) method is characterized by independent measures of the photosynthetic activity across a light gradient whereas the rapid light curve (RLC) method consists of successive measures on the same sample exposed to a stepwise increase of light intensities. Experiments were carried out on experimental microphytobenthic biofilms prepared from natural assemblages and acclimated to dark conditions. In preliminary experiments, N-SLCs were constructed from fluorescence induction curves performed at 12 different photon flux densities (PFDs). A minimum of 50 s of illumination was necessary to reach a stable light response curve; shorter illumination times resulted in underestimating the physiological parameters (α the light utilization coefficient in light-limited conditions and rETR(max) the maximum rate of photosynthesis efficiency) of the light response curve. For the comparison between N-SLCs and RLCs, the same time of illumination (50 s) was used for each light step of RLCs so that N-SLCs differed from RLCs only by the way the amount of light was delivered, i.e., a light dose accumulation for RLC. The experimental results showed the difference between the two photobiological response curves. In the lower range of PFDs, RLCs exhibited a larger value of α; in this light-limited part of the response curve the incremental increase of PFDs limited the development of NPQ and resulted in a better optimization of electron transport rate for RLC. In the higher range of PFDs, the trend was reversed and the RLC showed a lower value of rETR(max) than the N-SLC did; this is attributed to the light dose accumulation which likely led to a more efficient dispersion of energy, as illustrated by a higher non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). In conclusion, these results confirm that parameters derived from both methods differ in their value and do not bear the same physiological information. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2007-08-25 2007 /pmc/articles/PMC6182592/ /pubmed/30363850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0787-9 Text en © Springer-Verlag 2007
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title_full Methodology of light response curves: application of chlorophyll fluorescence to microphytobenthic biofilms
title_fullStr Methodology of light response curves: application of chlorophyll fluorescence to microphytobenthic biofilms
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title_short Methodology of light response curves: application of chlorophyll fluorescence to microphytobenthic biofilms
title_sort methodology of light response curves: application of chlorophyll fluorescence to microphytobenthic biofilms
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6182592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0787-9
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