Effective light absorption and absolute electron transport rates in the coral Pocillopora damicornis

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-167

  Szabó, Milán ^a   Wangpraseurt, Daniel ^a   Tamburic, Bojan ^a   Larkum, Anthony W D ^a   Schreiber, Ulrich ^b   Suggett, David J ^a   Kühl, Michael ^a,c   Ralph, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Coral; Electron transport rate; Light absorption; Spectral attenuation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84907303484     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.07.015     Document Type: Article

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