Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis produces oxygen and therefore, plant scientists often need to measure the rate of oxygen evolution. Traditional methods of oxygen measurement require extensive maintenance and the methods are prone to electrical interference. PyroScience optical sensors are a reliable alternative to this.
Our sensor portfolio enables measurement of photosynthesis rates of e.g. enclosed sediment, soil, biofilm, plant, animal, algae, plankton, fish, cell or microbial sample in a closed chamber (air-tight), which is temperature controlled (water jacket or water bath for constant temperature).
Measurement of photosynthesis rates can be performed by using our ready-to-use sensor vials.
With our fiber sensors it is possible to measure oxygen at high spatial resolution with fast response times.
Applicable Oxygen Sensor Types
- Retractable Needle-Type with optical isolation (option -OI)
- Robust Probes
- Fixed Needle-Type with optical isolation (option -OI)
- Sensor Spots
- Respiration Vials
Related Peer-Reviewed Publications
Singlet oxygen production by photosystem II is caused by misses of the oxygen evolving complex
Mattila, H., Mishra, S., Tyystjärvi, T., & Tyystjärvi, E. (2023). New Phytologist, 237(1), 113-125.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18514
Environmental constraints on the photosynthetic rate of the marine flatworm Symsagittifera roscoffensis
Thomas, N. J., Coates, C. J., & Tang, K. W. (2023). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 558, 151830.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151830
Effect of Light Wavelength on Biomass, Growth, Photosynthesis and Pigment Content of Emiliania huxleyi (Isochrysidales, Cocco-Lithophyceae)
Zhang, J., Liu, F., Wang, Q., Gong, Q., & Gao, X. (2023). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(2), 456.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11020456
Accounting for the influence of temperature and location when predicting seagrass (Halophila ovalis) photosynthetic performance
Said et al. 2022, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107414
Unfamiliar partnerships limit cnidarian holobiont acclimation to warming
Herrera et al. 2020, Global Change Biologyt
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15263
Photosynthetic Responses of Turf‐forming Red Macroalgae to High CO2 Conditions
McCoy et al. 2020, Journal of Phycology
https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12922
Different levels of energetic coupling between photosynthesis and respiration do not determine the occurrence of adaptive responses of Symbiodiniaceae to global warming
Pierangelini et al. 2020, New Phytologist
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16738
Quantitating active photosystem II reaction center content from fluorescence induction transients
Murphy et al., 2017, Limnology and Oceanography Methods
http://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10142
A mutant of Chlamydomonas without LHCSR maintains high rates of photosynthesis, but has reduced cell division rates in sinusoidal light conditions
Cantrell and Peers, 2017, PLOS One
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179395
Decreased light availability can amplify negative impacts of ocean acidification on calcifying coral reef organisms
Vogel et al. 2015, Marine Ecology Progress Series
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11088
Spectral Effects on Symbiodinium Photobiology Studied with a Programmable Light Engine
Wangpraseurt et al., 2014, PLOS One
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112809
Composition, Buoyancy Regulation and Fate of Ice Algal Aggregates in the Central Arctic Ocean
Fernández-Méndez et al., 2014, PLOS One
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107452