Strategy 2: increase the number of PSU
Strategy 3: decreasing the efficiency of energy transduction within PSUs
Strategy 4: less C fixation
Figures taken from Prezlin, Chapter 1 in Platt (1981) Physiological Bases of Phytoplankton Ecology.
Before and after low-light acclimation represented as photosynthesis per cell or per Chla.
| Strategy 1: increase chla per PSU |
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Strategy 2: increase the number of PSU |
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Strategy 3: decreasing the efficiency of energy transduction within PSUs |
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Strategy 4: less C fixation |
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