Photosynthetic characteristics of the phytoplankton in the Scheldt estuary: community and single-cell fluorescence measurements

TY - JOUR

T1 - Photosynthetic characteristics of the phytoplankton in the Scheldt estuary: community and single-cell fluorescence measurements

AU - Dijkman, N.A.

AU - Kromkamp, J.C.

N1 - Reporting year: 2006 Metis note: 3912; CEME; MM; file:///L:/Endnotedatabases/NIOOPUB/pdfs/Pdfs2006/Dijkman_ea_3912.pdf

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - Estuaries present a very dynamic environment for phytoplankton with large changes in salinity occurring over relatively short distances, usually with high turbidity. We investigated the photosynthetic characteristics of phytoplankton in the Scheldt estuary (Belgium and the Netherlands) along a salinity gradient using community and single-cell fluorescence measurements. Single-cell fluorescence measurements offer the opportunity to study differences between species that were formerly possible only using uni-algal cultures. The objective was to study differences in the photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (Fv/Fm) between different species or different genera (when identification to the species level was not possible) and to investigate the effect of salinity on individual species. The difference in Fv/Fm between species was small, but often significant (ANOVA, p 

AB - Estuaries present a very dynamic environment for phytoplankton with large changes in salinity occurring over relatively short distances, usually with high turbidity. We investigated the photosynthetic characteristics of phytoplankton in the Scheldt estuary (Belgium and the Netherlands) along a salinity gradient using community and single-cell fluorescence measurements. Single-cell fluorescence measurements offer the opportunity to study differences between species that were formerly possible only using uni-algal cultures. The objective was to study differences in the photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (Fv/Fm) between different species or different genera (when identification to the species level was not possible) and to investigate the effect of salinity on individual species. The difference in Fv/Fm between species was small, but often significant (ANOVA, p 

U2 - 10.1080/09670260600937791

DO - 10.1080/09670260600937791

M3 - Article

SN - 0967-0262

VL - 41

SP - 425

EP - 434

JO - European Journal of Phycology

JF - European Journal of Phycology

IS - 4

ER -