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 …
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 and behavioral photoprotection are the two major mechanisms by which natural microphytobenthic assemblages protect themselves against high light. These …
Chlorophyll fluorescence techniques are used widely in both laboratory and field studies to assess the abundance and physiological responses of cyanobacteria, microalgae …
The induction of non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence (NPQ) and its relationship with the operation of the xanthophyll cycle were studied in estuarine …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Oxygenic photoautotrophs are, paradoxically, subject to photoinhibition of their photosynthetic apparatus, in particular one of its major components, the Photosystem II …