Direct and diffuse light propagation through coral tissue

Daniel Wangpraseurt; Michael Kühl

doi:10.1117/12.2038339

Direct and diffuse light propagation through coral tissue

Daniel Wangpraseurt, Michael Kühl

Marine Biology

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Abstract

This study describes the propagation of direct and diffuse light through coral tissue and how changes in the directional quality of light affect photosynthesis. Scalar irradiance microsensors were used in vivo to measure tissue light propagation of incident collimated and diffuse irradiance. O ₂ microsensors were used to estimate changes in local O₂ evolution. The results show that the directional quality of incident irradiance affects both coral optics and photosynthesis. Collimated irradiance is enhanced at the coral surface while diffuse irradiance is enhanced at the coral skeleton. Coral O₂ evolution is enhanced under collimated compared to diffuse light. It is concluded that the directional quality of light is an important and hitherto ignored parameter in coral photosynthesis.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SPIE Proceedings
Editors	E. Duco Jansen, Robert J. Thomas , Gerald J. Wilmink, Bennett L. Ibey
Number of pages	6
Volume	8941
Publisher	SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
Publication date	2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2038339
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	SPIE: Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXV - San Francisco, United States Duration: 1 Feb 2014 → … Conference number: 894117

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Conference	SPIE
Number	894117
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	01/02/2014 → …

Series	SPIE Proceedings
Volume	8941
ISSN	0277-786X

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Direct and diffuse light propagation through coral tissue. / Wangpraseurt, Daniel; Kühl, Michael.

SPIE Proceedings. ed. / E. Duco Jansen; Robert J. Thomas ; Gerald J. Wilmink; Bennett L. Ibey . Vol. 8941 SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 2014. (SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 8941).

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