Irradiance for the saturation of photosynthesis
| Value | 100 μmol photons×m^-2×s^-1 |
|---|---|
| Organism | Cyanobacteria |
| Reference | Moorhead DL, Wolf CF, Wharton RA Jr. Impact of light regimes on productivity patterns of benthic microbial mats in an antarctic lake: a modeling study. Limnol Oceanogr. 1997 Nov42(7):1561-9. abstractPubMed ID11541255 |
| Comments | Filamentous cyanobacteria often dominate benthic microbial communities of antarctic lakes and usually exhibit saturation of photosynthesis at light intensities ~100µEinst×m^-2×s^-1. |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 106365 |