EFFECT OF IRRADIANCES UP TO 2000 MU-E M-2 S-1 ON MARINE SYNECHOCOCCUS WH7803 .2. PHOTOSYNTHETIC RESPONSES AND MECHANISMS
EFFECT OF IRRADIANCES UP TO 2000 MU-E M-2 S-1 ON MARINE SYNECHOCOCCUS WH7803 .2. PHOTOSYNTHETIC RESPONSES AND MECHANISMS
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DOI:
10.1016/0198-0149(87)90002-1
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发表时间:
1987-04-01
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GLIBERT, PM
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KANA, TM;GLIBERT, PM
We investigated the photosynthetic behavior of Synechococcus WH7803 when grown over the irradiance range of 30-2000 .mu.E m-2 s-1 in nutrient-replete, continuous light, preadapted batch cultures. For each of 8 growth irradiances investigated, we found a unique photosynthesis vs irradiance (P vs I) realtionship. Cell- and carbon-specific photosynthetic light harvesting efficiencies (.alpha.(Cell and .alpha.(C)) decreased 10-fold from the lowest to highest growth irradiances. Chlorophyll and phycocyanin-specific efficiencies also decreased but to a lesser extent. Phycoerythrin-specific efficiences increased ca. 2-fold with increasing irradiances. Photosynthetic capacity (Pmax) approximated the in situ rate of photosynthesis (Pi) only at growth irradiances which saturated growth rate; at light limiting irradiances, Pmax increased to 2.9 times Pi. Photoinhibition of photosynthesis was only observed in light-limited cells. The mechanism of photoadaptation which resulted in the observed growth rate vs irradiance (.mu. vs I) response involved regulation of .alpha.(cell) by changes in phycobilisome size over saturating irradiances and phycobilisome numbers over limiting irradiances. Our results are consistent with previously reported field observations of .alpha.(Chl), .alpha.(cell) and Pmax increasing with depth, and of no photoinhibition of of near-surface collected assemblages, suggesting that high irradiances in near-surface waters can support maximal growth rates of Synechococcus. These results raise important questions regarding the interpretation of parameters of P vs I measurements from field studies. Our results do not conform to the previously reported hypothesis that a significantly percentage of phycoerythrin serves as a non-photosynthetic nitrogen storage compound in these cells.