Modelling photosynthetic photon flux density and maximum potential gross photosynthesis

Photosynthetica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 596-609

  Ritchie, R J ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

global models; gross photosynthesis; irradiance; light saturation curves; modelling; photoinhibition; photosynthetic photon flux density; photosynthetically active radiation; primary productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953362952     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-010-0077-5     Document Type: Article

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