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. 2017 Jan 3;12(1):e0168879. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168879

Table 4. Parameters of photosynthesis / irradiance experiments.

method PAM (2010) PAM (2011) PSOE (2011)
Pmax§ 46.7 ± 7.9 40.6 ± 12,4 271 ± 73
α 0.156 ± 0.,040 0.189 ± 0.064 3.31 ± 1.75
β 0.007 ± 0.004 0.009 ± 0.008 0.109 ± 0.104
Ik (μmol photons/m2/s) 309 ± 81.9 225 ± 65.3 88 ± 39.6
n 53 23 8

§ productivity is expressed as μmol electrons m-2 s-1 for PAM fluorometry, and as μmol O2 mg chl a-1 h-1 for photosynthetic oxygen evolution.