Abstract
Modulated chlorophylla fluorescence is useful for eco-physiological studies of lichens as it is sensitive, non-invasive and specific to the photobiont. We assessed the validity of using fluorescence yield to predict CO2 gain in cyano-lichens, by simultaneous measurements of CO2 gas exchange and chlorophylla fluorescence in five species withNostoc-photobionts. For comparison, O2 evolution and fluorescence were measured in isolated cells ofNostoc, derived fromPeltigera canina (Nostoc PC). At irradiances up to the growth light level, predictions from fluorescence yield underestimated true photosynthesis, to various extents depending on species. This reflected the combined effect of a state transition in darkness, which was not fully relaxed until the growth light level was reached, and a phycobilin contribution to the minimum fluorescence yield (Fo). Above the growth light level, the model progressively overestimated assimilation, reflecting increased electron flow to oxygen under excess irradiance. In cyanobacteria, this flow maintains photosystem II centres open even up to photoinhibitory light levels without contributing to CO2 fixation. Despite this we show that gross CO2 gain may be predicted from fluorescence yield also in cyanolichens when the analysis is made near the acclimated growth light level. This level can be obtained even when measurements are performed in the field, since it coincides with a minimum in non-photochemical fluorescence quenching (NPQ). However, the absolute relation between fluorescence yield and gross CO2 gain varies between species. It may therefore be necessary to standardise the fluorescence prediction for each species with CO2 gas exchange.
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Abbreviations
- CCM:
-
CO2-Concentrating mechanism
- Chl:
-
chlorophyll
- Ci :
-
inorganic carbon
- 0:
-
convexity (curvature of the light response curve)
- ETR:
-
electron transport rate
- Fo :
-
minimum fluorescence yield
- Fm :
-
maximal fluorescence yield
- Fs :
-
fluorescence yield at steady-state photosynthesis
- Fv :
-
variable fluorescence yield
- Fv′/Fm′ dark:
-
ratio of variable to maximal fluorescence yield after dark adaptation
- FvFmmax:
-
ratio of variable to maximal fluorescence yield in the absence of quenching
- ΦCO2 :
-
maximum quantum yield of CO2 assimilation
- ΦPSμ :
-
quantum yield of photosystem II photochemistry
- GP:
-
gross photosynthesis
- I:
-
irradiance (μmol quanta·m−2·s−1)
- NPQ:
-
non photochemical fluorescence quenching
- qp:
-
photochemical fluorescence quenching
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Sundberg, B., Campbell, D. & Palmqvist, K. Predicting CO2 gain and photosynthetic light acclimation from fluorescence yield and quenching in cyano-lichens. Planta 201, 138–145 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01007698
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