JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 8 | NUMBER 5 | PAGES 1009-1010 | 1986
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Due to an apparent fault in the telex system, a number of mistakes were not corrected in this paper. The corrected lines are given belowp. 539: line 17In vivo fluorescence action spectra of chl a
p. 541: Figure 2 legend, line 92.5 µW cm–2 at 550 nm (
0.12 µE m–2 s–1
p. 542: Figure 3 legend, line 5( 89 µE m–2 s–1). Monochromatic beam intensity was 6 µW cm–2 at 550 nm (–0.28 µE m–2 s–1),
Figure 3 legend, lines 8 and 9with intensity of 3 mW cm–2 ( 179 µE m–2 s–1) Monochromatic beam intensity was 7 5 µW cm–2 at 550 nm (0.35 µE m–2 s–1).
line 6tivity. The match between the spectra of chl a fluorescence and PSII O2 evolution is
lines 23–25fluorescence increasingly deviate from those of PSII O2 evolution. We attribute this discrepancy to selective light scattering by the algae. This scattering increases substantially with decreasing wavelength at that region when using a standard spectrofluorometer
p. 543: Figure 4 legend, lines 3 and 4as in Chroomonas, with intensity of 2 mW cm–2 ( 120 µE m–2 s–1). Monochromatic beam intensity was 15 µW cm–2 at 550 nm ( 0.7 µE m–2 s–1).
line 7:ment types in the oceans. While all photoautotrophic organisms have chl a (the bulk
lines 12 and 13:and Barrett (1983). Our spectral data reflect the great variability in pigment composition and functional association in the major groups of algae.
lines 25 and 26:Hiller, 1983). However, blue-violet and red PSII activity is much lower in cryptomonads than might be expected from their absorption spectra (Haxo and Fork, 1958; Haxo, 1960),
p. 544: Table I, column 3, entry 6:R-phycocyanin
Table 1 legend, lines 1 and 2:aHaxo and Blinks (1950); bFork (1961); cHaxo et al. (1955); dO'Carra and O'hEocha (1976); cresembles Delesseria decipiens, Haxo and Blinks (1950, Figure 20); fHaxo and Fork (1969), like
lines 1 and 2:I) indicates that these pigments are affiliated with PSII, perhaps exclusively, as in the red algae. In Rhodomonas, the peak of activity at 465 nm may be due to chl c absorp-
p. 545: line 2:xanthophyll (fucoxanthin in diatoms, peridinin in dinoflagellates and chl c. The ac
line 7:shown to be similar to those of the much-studied Chlorella (Vidaver, 1966; Ried, 1972).
line 14:tivity of PSII in algae. Spectrofluorometers, with their superior sensitivity and stability,
line 34:of natural populations, making these spectra more similar to the PSII photosynthesis
lines 36 and 37:Large differences between the values of 
FII for different components within the algal population can distort fluorescence spectra, if they do not correspond with dif
lines 41 and 42:different components are not similar to each other. The necessary handling procedures of natural samples, such as filtration (Yentsch and Yentsch, 1979; Neori et al., 1984),
p. 546: lines 20 and 21:DOE contract DE-AT03-82ER60031, and a grant to A.N., O.H.H. and F.T.H. from the Foundation for Ocean Research. Travel to the IInd GAP workshop was facilitated by
lines 25 and 26:the culture of Chroomonas, J.Lance for help with cultures, J. and E.Yguerabide for the use of their spectrofluorometer, C.R.Booth, Y.Blatt and L.Petrosian for technical
line 28:This study was in partial fulfilment for a Ph.D. degree by A.N.
line 42:Dutton.H.J., Manning.W.M. and Duggar.B.M. (1943) Chlorophyll fluorescence and energy transfer in the