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Measurement of Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Lichens

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Chlorophyll fluorescence (CF) is the absorption of blue or red photons (= excitation) by chlorophyll molecules and the emission of far red photons (the energy difference is lost as heat). In contrast to chloroform solutions of chlorophyll or to fluorescent dyes, the emission from active photosynthetic systems does not remain constant, but changes in a complicated way after a constant excitation light is switched on. These changes (= variable fluorescence) are due to the onset of photosynthetic reactions that consume absorbed quanta. Accordingly, several derived fluorescence parameters (see below) provide diagnostic information about the state of the photosynthetic apparatus.

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  1. Universität-GH Essen, FB 9 — Botanik, Universitätsstr. 5, Essen, 45117, Germany

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  1. Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Schubertstraße 51, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Ilse C. Kranner

  2. School of Botany and Zoology, University of Natal, PBag X01, Pietermaritzburg, 3209, Republic of South Africa

    Richard P. Beckett

  3. School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 110067, New Delhi, India

    Ajit K. Varma

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Jensen, M. (2002). Measurement of Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Lichens. In: Kranner, I.C., Beckett, R.P., Varma, A.K. (eds) Protocols in Lichenology. Springer Lab Manuals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56359-1_9

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