A MODEL FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIGHT-INTENSITY AND THE RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN PHYTOPLANKTON
A MODEL FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIGHT-INTENSITY AND THE RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN PHYTOPLANKTON
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-3800(88)90057-9
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发表时间:
1988-09-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
PEETERS, JCH
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作者:
EILERS, PHC;PEETERS, JCH
A dynamic model of the relationship between light intensity and the rate of photosynthesis in phytoplankton has been developed. The model describes the photosynthetic processes and those connected with photoinhibition and recovery from photoinhibition. In this paper, the steady-state properties of the model are studied and a production curve is derived from it. Simple expressions are derived for the maximum production rate pm, the optimal and characteristic intensities Im and Ik, and the initial slope of h curve. A new dimensionless parameter is introduced that measures the degree of photoinhibition. An iterative least-squares algorithm provides an easy method for fitting the parameters of the curve. It is proposed to present production curves in a dimensionless from (p/pm vs. I/Im) on logarithmic scales. This is especially useful in comparing different photosynthetic models. Comparison of the curve with those of Vollenweider and Platt et al. shows that they all behave similarly, except at high light intensities. The main advantage of this model compared to empirical curves is its foundation on physiological mechanisms. This makes it possible to derive effects of temperature in a mechanistic way. A procedure is presented to integrate the phytoplankton production of a water column analytically.