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calculated – non-photochemical quenching due to aggregate constitutive non-regulatory 
processes, lake antenna model, requires F
o
Ꞌ (Kramer calculation) 
calculated – non-photochemical quenching due to down-regulatory (pH, xanthophyll) 
processes, lake antenna model, requires F
o
Ꞌ (Kramer calculation) 
calculated – non-photochemical quenching due to aggregate constitutive non-regulatory 
processes,  equally applicable to puddle and antenna models (Genty calculation)  
calculated – non-photochemical quenching due to down-regulatory (pH, xanthophyll) 
processes, equally applicable to puddle and antenna models (Genty calculation)  
 
Calculations Used for Chlorophyll Fluorescence Parameters  
v
v 
 
v
m
F
v
/F
m 
=
 
 
 
PSII
ϕ
PSII 
=
 
 
o
F
o
 
v
v
v
m
F
v
ꞌ/F
m
ꞌ = 
 
J = 
(
  
)
   
 
Note: α=average fraction of irradiance, I (as PAR), absorbed by leaf, default value of 
α=0.84; f
II
=fraction of α absorbed by PSII, default value of f
II
=0.5 
p
q
p
 =  
 
NP
q
NP
 = 
 
NPQ = 
 
L
q
L
 = 
=