Concept information
This concept has been deprecated.
Preferred term
chlorophyll fluorescence
Is replaced by
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
Entry terms
- chlorophyll fluoresc
- chlorophyll fluorescent
- chlorophyll fluorescing
- chlorophylls fluorescence
Scope note
- MS Academic Keywords
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0205
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