The application of variable chlorophyll fluorescence to microphytobenthic biofilms

RG Perkins, JC Kromkamp, J Serôdio, J Lavaud… - … a fluorescence in …, 2010 - Springer
Community assemblages of diatoms, green algae and cyanobacteria comprise the
microphytobenthos (MPB), which inhabit benthic sediment ecosystems (Admiraal 1984; …

Crawling leaves: photosynthesis in sacoglossan sea slugs

S Cruz, R Calado, J Serôdio… - Journal of experimental …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Some species of sacoglossan sea slugs can maintain functional chloroplasts from specific
algal food sources in the cells of their digestive diverticula. These 'stolen'chloroplasts …

Rapid light-response curves of chlorophyll fluorescence in microalgae: relationship to steady-state light curves and non-photochemical quenching in benthic diatom …

J Seroˆdio, S Vieira, S Cruz, H Coelho - Photosynthesis research, 2006 - Springer
Rapid light-response curves (RLC) of variable chlorophyll fluorescence were measured on
estuarine benthic microalgae with the purpose of characterising its response to changes in …

Physiological versus behavioral photoprotection in intertidal epipelic and epipsammic benthic diatom communities

P Cartaxana, M Ruivo, C Hubas, I Davidson… - Journal of Experimental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Physiological and behavioral photoprotection are the two major mechanisms by which
natural microphytobenthic assemblages protect themselves against high light. These …

Taxonomic discrimination of phytoplankton by spectral fluorescence

HL MacIntyre, E Lawrenz, TL Richardson - Chlorophyll a fluorescence in …, 2010 - Springer
Chlorophyll fluorescence techniques are used widely in both laboratory and field studies to
assess the abundance and physiological responses of cyanobacteria, microalgae …

Non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence and operation of the xanthophyll cycle in estuarine microphytobenthos

J Serôdio, S Cruz, S Vieira, V Brotas - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 2005 - Elsevier
The induction of non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence (NPQ) and its
relationship with the operation of the xanthophyll cycle were studied in estuarine …

Photosynthetic activity, photoprotection and photoinhibition in intertidal microphytobenthos as studied in situ using variable chlorophyll fluorescence

J Serôdio, S Vieira, S Cruz - Continental Shelf Research, 2008 - Elsevier
The photosynthetic activity of microphytobenthos biofilms was studied in situ on an intertidal
mudflat of the Ria de Aveiro, Portugal. Time series of physical variables characterizing the …

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 …

Spatial dynamics of microphytobenthos determined by PAM fluorescence

B Jesus, V Brotas, M Marani, DM Paterson - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf …, 2005 - Elsevier
The distribution of microphytobenthos on intertidal flats is heterogeneous and described as
“patchy” over spatial scales of centimetres to kilometres. The spatial structure and the …

[HTML][HTML] Photoinhibition in optically thick samples: effects of light attenuation on chlorophyll fluorescence-based parameters

J Serôdio, DA Campbell - Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Oxygenic photoautotrophs are, paradoxically, subject to photoinhibition of their
photosynthetic apparatus, in particular one of its major components, the Photosystem II …