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Preferred term

chlorophyll fluorescence

Is replaced by

chlorophyll fluorescence

Definition

[Manfred Jensen] Chlorophyll fluorescence (CF) is the absorption of blue or red photons (= excitation) by chlorophyllmolecules and the emission of far red photons (the energy difference is lost as heat). In contrastto chloroform solutions of chlorophyll or to fluorescent dyes, the emission from activephotosynthetic systems does not remain constant, but changes in a complicated way after a constantexcitation light is switched on...

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

chlorophyll fluoresc
chlorophyll fluorescent
chlorophyll fluorescing
chlorophylls fluorescence

Scope note

MS Academic Keywords

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0205

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 3/21/22

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