"Why is photosynthetic energy conversion efficiency in the ocean so inefficient?" Paul Falkowski

#RamonMargalefColloquia
This talk was part of the 8th edition of the Ramon Margalef Colloquia: “Past, present and future of a living ocean” that took place in September 2022 at the Institute of Marine Sciences.
ABSTRACT
In this presentation I will discuss how we close the photosynthetic energy efficiency equation in situ using two, very different in vivo fluorescence measurements - one is based on the quantum yield of photosystem II the other is based on the lifetime of chlorophyll fluorescence.