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Harvesting sunlight safely

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Figure 1: Allocation of absorbed sunlight to photosynthesis versus photoprotective dissipation.
Figure 2: Fates of sunlight absorbed in the light-harvesting chlorophyll complexes.

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Demmig-Adams, B., Adams, W. Harvesting sunlight safely. Nature 403, 371–373 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35000315

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