The use of variable fluorescence measurements in aquatic ecosystems: differences between multiple and single turnover measuring protocols and suggested …

JC Kromkamp, RM Forster - European Journal of Phycology, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
In this review, we briefly describe the two main techniques used to measure variable
fluorescence in the aquatic environment, and show how the parameters derived from this …

Photochemical and Thermal Phases of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence

G Samson, O Prášil, B Yaakoubd - Photosynthetica, 1999 - Springer
The measurement of variable chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence is widely used as a
convenient and versatile tool in photosynthesis research. In many applications empirical …

Effects of salinity stress on photosystem II function in cyanobacterial Spirulina platensis cells

C Lu, A Vonshak - Physiologia plantarum, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The changes in PSII photochemistry in Spirulina platensis cells exposed to salinity stress (0–
0.8 M NaCl) for 12 h were studied. Salinity stress induced a decrease in oxygen evolution …

Effect of core–shell copper oxide nanoparticles on cell culture morphology and photosynthesis (photosystem II energy distribution) in the green alga, Chlamydomonas …

C Saison, F Perreault, JC Daigle, C Fortin, J Claverie… - Aquatic toxicology, 2010 - Elsevier
The effect of core–shell copper oxide nanoparticles with sizes smaller than 100nm on
cellular systems is still not well understood. Documenting these effects is pressing since …

Growth, photosynthetic and respiratory responses to sub-lethal copper concentrations in Scenedesmus incrassatulus (Chlorophyceae)

HV Perales-Vela, S González-Moreno… - Chemosphere, 2007 - Elsevier
In the present paper we investigated the effects of sub-lethal concentrations of Cu2+ in the
growth and metabolism of Scenedesmus incrassatulus. We found that the effect of Cu2+ on …

Determination of photosynthetic and enzymatic biomarkers sensitivity used to evaluate toxic effects of copper and fludioxonil in alga Scenedesmus obliquus

D Dewez, L Geoffroy, G Vernet, R Popovic - Aquatic toxicology, 2005 - Elsevier
Modulated PAM fluorometry and Plant Efficiency Analyser methods were used to investigate
photosynthetic fluorescence parameters of alga Scenedesmus obliquus exposed to …

Intact anthracene inhibits photosynthesis in algal cells: a fluorescence induction study on Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cw92 strain

A Aksmann, Z Tukaj - Chemosphere, 2008 - Elsevier
Short-term (24h) experiments were performed to examine the effect of anthracene (ANT) on
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cw92 grown in a batch culture system aerated with 2.5% CO2 …

Salt stress induces a decrease in excitation energy transfer from phycobilisomes to photosystem II but an increase to photosystem I in the cyanobacterium Spirulina …

T Zhang, H Gong, X Wen, C Lu - Journal of Plant Physiology, 2010 - Elsevier
The effects of salt stress (0–0.8 M NaCl) on excitation energy transfer from phycobilisomes to
photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII) in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis were …

Chlorophyll fluorescence transients of photosystem II membrane particles as a tool for studying photosynthetic oxygen evolution

P Pospíšil, H Dau - Photosynthesis Research, 2000 - Springer
The rise of the chlorophyll fluorescence yield of Photosystem II (PS II) membranes as
induced by high-intensity actinic light comprises only two distinct phases:(1) the initial OJ …

Short-term variability in the photosynthetic activity of microphytobenthos as detected by measuring rapid light curves using variable fluorescence

J Serôdio, S Vieira, S Cruz, F Barroso - Marine Biology, 2005 - Springer
Short-term variability in the photosynthetic activity of microphytobenthos assemblages was
studied by measuring chlorophyll fluorescence rapid light curves (RLC), using pulse …