Variations in light-harvesting characteristics of the seagrass, Thalassia testudinum: Evidence for photoacclimation

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-189

  Major, Kelly M ^a,b   Dunton, Kenneth H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acclimation; Fluorescence; Light harvesting apparatus; Photosynthesis; Physiological ecology; Seagrass; Thalassia testudinum

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT;

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; SEAGRASS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACCLIMATIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; SEAGRASS; STOICHIOMETRY;

HALOPHILA; THALASSIA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0037199853     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00212-5     Document Type: Article

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