000015617 001__ 15617 000015617 005__ 20200423203005.0 000015617 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:22629271 000015617 0247_ $$2pmc$$apmc:PMC3355546 000015617 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.3389/fpls.2011.00117 000015617 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1664-462X 000015617 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/7297 000015617 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000208837800013 000015617 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:905819 000015617 037__ $$aPreJuSER-15617 000015617 041__ $$aeng 000015617 082__ $$a570 000015617 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)129388$$aRascher, U.$$b0$$uFZJ 000015617 245__ $$aFunctional diversity of photosynthetic light use of sixteen vascular epiphyte species under fluctuating irradiance in the canopy of a gianta Virola michelii (Myristicaceae) tree in the tropical lowland forest of French Guyana 000015617 260__ $$aLausanne$$bFrontiers Media$$c2012 000015617 300__ $$a1 - 12 000015617 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article 000015617 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000015617 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000015617 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000015617 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000015617 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000015617 440_0 $$025346$$aFrontiers in Functional Plant Ecology$$v2$$y117 000015617 500__ $$aRecord converted from VDB: 12.11.2012 000015617 520__ $$aHere we present the first study, in which a large number of different vascular epiphyte species were measured for their photosynthetic performance in the natural environment of their phorophyte in the lowland rainforest of French Guyana. More than 70 epiphyte species covered the host tree in a dense cover. Of these, the photosynthesis of 16 abundant species was analyzed intensely over several months. Moreover, the light environment was characterized with newly developed light sensors that recorded continuously and with high temporal resolution light intensity next to the epiphytes. Light intensity was highly fluctuating and showed great site specific spatio-temporal variations of photosynthetic photon flux. Using a novel computer routine we quantified the integrated light intensity the epiphytes were exposed to in a 3 h window and we related this light intensity to measurements of the actual photosynthetic status. It could be shown that the photosynthetic apparatus of the epiphytes was well adapted to the quickly changing light conditions. Some of the epiphytes were chronically photoinhibited at predawn and significant acute photoinhibition, expressed by a reduction of potential quantum efficiency (F(v)/F(m))(30'), was observed during the day. By correlating (F(v)/F(m))(30') to the integrated and weighted light intensity perceived during the previous 3 h, it became clear that acute photoinhibition was related to light environment prior to the measurements. Additionally photosynthetic performance was not determined by rain events, with the exception of an Aechmea species. 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