Photosynthetica 1997, 33(2):259 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1022120531807

The photosynthetic irradiance-response of Norway spruce exposed to a long-term elevation of CO2 concentration

M.V. Marek1, M. Sprtová1, J. Kalina1
1 Department of Ecological Physiology of Forest Trees, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic

During an open-top chamber experiment performed in a mountain stand of young (12-year-old) Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.), the trees were exposed to one of two CO2 concentrations (ambient CO2, AC, or AC + 350 µmol mol-1 = elevated CO2, EC) continuously over three growing seasons. To evaluate the EC influence, measurements of the relations between the rate of net CO2 uptake (P N ) and incidental photosynthetically active photon flux density (PPFD), as well as the content of photosynthetic pigments and chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence were taken in the third growing season. The short-term response to EC was evident mainly on ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase kinetics without any significant change to the utilization of radiant energy. The long-term effect of EC was responsible for a decrease in P N , content of Chl a + b, Fv/Fm ratio, quantum yield of fluorescence, and photochemical quenching. Changes of stoichiometry between the electron transport, Calvin cycle and the end-product synthesis were confirmed for responses to the long-term import of EC and led to a definition of the photosynthetic acclimation to EC in Norway spruce.

Additional key words: chlorophyll; fluorescence kinetics; Picea abies; radiant energy utilization; ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase, oxygenase; seasonal changes

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Marek, M.V., Sprtová, M., & Kalina, J. (1997). The photosynthetic irradiance-response of Norway spruce exposed to a long-term elevation of CO2 concentration. Photosynthetica, 33(2), 259. doi: 10.1023/A:1022120531807
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