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Title: A test of the 'one-point method' for estimating maximum carboxylation capacity from field-measured, light-saturated photosynthesis

Journal Article · · New Phytologist
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13815· OSTI ID:1246809
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  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW (Australia)
  3. Western Sydney Univ., Penrith, NSW (Australia)
  4. Western Sydney Univ., Penrith, NSW (Australia); Univ. of Birmingham, Edgbaston (United Kingdom)
  5. Univ. du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC (Canada)
  6. Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW (Australia); Imperial College London, Ascot (United Kingdom)
  7. The Australian National Univ., Canberra (Australia)
  8. Estonian Univ. of Life Sciences, Tartu (Estonia); Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn (Estonia)
  9. Australian National Univ., Canberra (Australia); Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
  10. Univ. of Gothenburg, Gothenburg (Sweden)
  11. Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW (Australia); The Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (Australia)
  12. Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umea (Sweden)
  13. Australian National Univ., Canberra (Australia); Univ. of Peradeniya, Peradeniya (Sri Lanka)
  14. The Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (Australia)
  15. James Cook Univ., Cairns, Qld (Australia)
  16. Univ. de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Summary Simulations of photosynthesis by terrestrial biosphere models typically need a specification of the maximum carboxylation rate ( V cmax ). Estimating this parameter using A – C i curves (net photosynthesis, A , vs intercellular CO 2 concentration, C i ) is laborious, which limits availability of V cmax data. However, many multispecies field datasets include net photosynthetic rate at saturating irradiance and at ambient atmospheric CO 2 concentration ( A sat ) measurements, from which V cmax can be extracted using a ‘one‐point method’. We used a global dataset of A – C i curves (564 species from 46 field sites, covering a range of plant functional types) to test the validity of an alternative approach to estimate V cmax from A sat via this ‘one‐point method’. If leaf respiration during the day ( R day ) is known exactly, V cmax can be estimated with an r 2  value of 0.98 and a root‐mean‐squared error ( RMSE ) of 8.19 μmol m −2  s −1 . However, R day typically must be estimated. Estimating R day as 1.5% of V cmax, we found that V cmax could be estimated with an r 2  of 0.95 and an RMSE of 17.1 μmol m −2  s −1 . The one‐point method provides a robust means to expand current databases of field‐measured V cmax , giving new potential to improve vegetation models and quantify the environmental drivers of V cmax variation.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC00112704; DE‐SC00112704
OSTI ID:
1246809
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1787101
Report Number(s):
BNL-112006-2016-JA; R&D Project: 2016-BNL-EE630EECA-Budg; KP1701000
Journal Information:
New Phytologist, Vol. 210, Issue 3; ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 121 works
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