ISSN:
1432-2048
Keywords:
Key words:Bryum (photosynthesis)
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Chlorophyll a fluorescence
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Electron transport
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Lichen (photosynthesis)
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Photosynthesis
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Respiration
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract. The relationship between CO2 exchange and relative electron-transport rate through photosystem II (ETR, measured using chlorophyll a fluorescence) was determined for a moss and a green algal lichen, photobiont probably Trebouxia sp., in the field in Antarctica. Net photosynthesis (NP) and dark respiration (DR) were measured over temperatures from zero to 25 °C and gross photosynthesis (GP) calculated (GP = NP + DR). The strong response of DR to temperature in these organisms resulted in substantial changes in CO2 exchange rates. The moss Bryum argenteum Hedw. showed a strong, linear relationship between GP and ETR. This was an unexpected result since mosses are C3 plants and, in higher plants, this group normally has a curvilinear GP versus ETR relationship. It is suggested that suppression of DR in the light might be involved. The lichen, Umbilicaria aprina Nyl., had nonlinear relationships between ETR and GP that were different at each measurement temperature. In some cases the lowest ETR was at the higher CO2 exchange rates. It is suggested that these relationships are the result of strong quenching mechanisms that are inversely proportional to GP. The results support a growing impression that the relationships between ETR and CO2 exchange are complex in these organisms and different from those found for higher plants.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004250050439
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