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Models of fluorescence and photosynthesis for interpreting measurements of solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence
Author(s) -
Tol C.,
Berry J. A.,
Campbell P. K. E.,
Rascher U.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: biogeosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-8961
pISSN - 2169-8953
DOI - 10.1002/2014jg002713
Subject(s) - photosynthesis , chlorophyll fluorescence , chlorophyll a , xanthophyll , chlorophyll , fluorescence , saturation (graph theory) , chemistry , botany , biology , physics , optics , mathematics , combinatorics
Abstract We have extended a conventional photosynthesis model to simulate field and laboratory measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence at the leaf scale. The fluorescence paramaterization is based on a close nonlinear relationship between the relative light saturation of photosynthesis and nonradiative energy dissipation in plants of different species. This relationship diverged only among examined data sets under stressed (strongly light saturated) conditions, possibly caused by differences in xanthophyll pigment concentrations. The relationship was quantified after analyzing data sets of pulse amplitude modulated measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange of leaves of different species exposed to different levels of light, CO 2 , temperature, nitrogen fertilization treatments, and drought. We used this relationship in a photosynthesis model. The coupled model enabled us to quantify the relationships between steady state chlorophyll fluorescence yield, electron transport rate, and photosynthesis in leaves under different environmental conditions.