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These data were collected on the RV L'Astrolabe (platform code: FHZI) from 27/02/2003 to 04/03/2003 on a trip from Dumont d'Urville to Hobart.Maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (PSII), also called maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm), has become one of the most widely utilized fluorescence parameters in phytoplankton research. It represents the potential photochemical efficiency, which is the probability that the light energy captured by the photosynthetic apparatus is being utilized as photochemistry. Fv/Fm has been shown to have an instant response to variations in physical and chemical properties and is interpreted as a diagnostic of the overall health or competence of phytoplankton. Together with the absorption cross section area of PSII and chlorophyll concentration, it can be used to measure primary production (Cheah et al. 2011, Deep Sea Research).
Seawater from 3 m depth was supplied continuously from the ship’s clean seawater line. FRR fluorescence yields were measured continuously at 1 minute intervals in dark-adapted state (! 15 minutes dark-adaptation) using a flash sequence consisting of a series of 100 subsaturation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 2.8 μs interflash period) and a series of 20 relaxation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 51.6 μs interflash period).
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USER MANUAL - Theory and operation of FRRF by Suggett et al (2010). -Data available via the IMOS OPeNDAP server -
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Subjects
Continents | Antarctica |
Countries | Australia |
EARTH SCIENCE |
Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometer (FRRF) |
Global/Oceans | Southern Ocean |
Instrument's photomultiplier electronic sensitivity (1-256) |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm) |
Minimum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF (also used as a proxy for biomass) |
OCEAN TEMPERATURE |
OCEANS |
Photosynthesis |
Salinity |
SALINITY/DENSITY |
Sea Surface Temperature |
connectivity between PSII reaction centres under actinic light |
functional absorption cross section of PSII (measure of the proportion of light harvested for photoc |
maximum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF |
maximum quantum yield of photosystem II ( (FmL - FoL) / FmL) |
primary production |
time constant of electron transport from PSII to PSI |
variable fluorescence (FmL - FoL) |
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