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deprecated concept > chlorophyll fluorescence

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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...

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Entry terms

  • chlorophyll fluoresc
  • chlorophyll fluorescent
  • chlorophyll fluorescing
  • chlorophylls fluorescence

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

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