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Photosynthesis versus irradiance relations were determined from field incubations of natural assemblages of phytoplankton that were either cycled at three different rates between the surface and a depth of 5 m or kept at constant depths. Photoinhibition of photosynthesis was not observed in the bottles kept at constant depths during 3.5-h experiments. Photosynthesis versus irradiance (P-I) curves derived from bottles kept at constant depths and the irradiance time course received by each of the cycled bottles were used to predict photosynthesis within each of the cycled bottles. P-I curves derived from measurements under relatively constant irradiance accurately predicted the mean photosynthetic response of phytoplankton that experienced large fluctuations in irradiance.
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Yoder, J.A., Bishop, S.S. Effects of mixing-induced irradiance fluctuations on photosynthesis of natural assemblages of coastal phytoplankton. Marine Biology 90, 87–93 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00428218
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