X CONTENTS 



Chapter S7, contd. PaGE 



D. Concentration of Inhibitors 951 



1. Inorganic Ions 951 



2. Poisons and Narcotics 954 



Bibliography 960 



Chap. 28. The Light Factor. I. Intensity 964 



A. Light Curves of Photosynthesis 964 



1. General Review 965 



2. Linear Range 979 



3. Compensation Point 981 



4. Saturating Light Intensity 985 



5. Absolute Maximum Rate 989 



6. Maximum Rate and Average Rate of Photosynthesis under 

 Natural Conditions 996 



7. Interpretation of Light Curves 1007 



(a) Influence of Inhomogeneity of Light Absorption 1007 



(b) General Shape of Light Curves 1012 



(c) Analytical Formulation: Effect of Preparatory Dark Re- 

 actions 1017 



(d) Analytical Formulation: Effect of Processes in the Photo- 

 sensitive Complex 1020 



(e) Analytical Formulation: Effect of "Finishing" Dark Re- 

 actions 1033 



(f) Analytical Formulation: Narcotization 1041 



B. Light Curves of Fluorescence I 1047 



1. Relation between Light Curves of Photosynthesis and Fluo- 

 rescence 1047 



2. Effect of Various Factors on Light Curves of Fluorescence. . . . 1051 



(a) Carbon Dioxide 1051 



(b) Reductants 1052 



(c) Temperature 1055 



(d) Cyanide 1057 



(e) Hydroxylamine and Azide 1062 



(f ) Ion Concentration 1063 



(g) Narcotics 1063 



(h) Oxygen 1063 



3. Interpretation of Light Curves of Fluorescence 1067 



Bibliography 1078 



Chap. 29. The Light Factor. II. Maximum Quantum Yield of Photosynthesis 1083 



1. Quantum Yield Measurements by the Manometric Method. . . . 1085 



2. Nonmanometric Measurements of Quantum Yield 1118 



(a) Chemical Methods 1118 



(b) Polarographic Methods 1120 



(c) Calorimetric Method 1123 



3. Quantum Yield of Bacterial and Algal Photoreduction 1125 



4. Quantum Yield of Oxygen Liberation by Isolated Chloroplasts 1129 



