Thesis (M.S.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed May 28, 2009). Advisor: Alice Haddy; submitted to the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-109).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2006. / Title from PDF title page screen. Advisor: Alice Haddy ; submitted to the Dept. of Chemistry. Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-66).

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2002.

Orientador: Antonio Manoel Mansanares / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-26T13:53:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mesquita_RicksonCoelho_M.pdf: 13672557 bytes, checksum: bbf3df05cb82c513d1c69aa2b28b84da (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: O nível de iluminação das plantas é determinante da estrutura das folhas, em particular no tocante à quantidade e distribuição dos cloroplastos. O objetivo deste projeto é utilizar a técnica fotoacústica para demonstrar as diferenças fisiológicas entre plantas adaptadas a diferentes condições de irradiância. Plantas de tabaco foram cultivadas em dois níveis distintos de irradiância. Plantas congenéricas, provenientes de habitats diferentes (cerrado e mata atlântica), crescidas sob o mesmo nível de exposição à luz, também foram estudadas. Como a técnica fotoacústica é sensível ao O2 produzido na fotossíntese, a resposta dos sistemas fotossintéticos das plantas de diferentes condições foi avaliada por meio de medidas fotoacústicas de indução fotossintética. A quantidade de energia armazenada também foi determinada nessas plantas. A partir da contribuição da evolução de O2 para o sinal fotoacústico, obtivemos espectros de ação para as diferentes amostras. Os resultados mostraram que plantas adaptadas a ambientes de sol são menos eficientes em armazenar energia para as reações fotoquímicas. As curvas de indução indicaram que essas plantas demoram um tempo maior para atingir um estado estacionário de produção de O2. Experimentos de fotoinibição mostraram que plantas adaptadas a baixas irradiâncias são mais sensíveis ao excesso de luz saturante. Foi observada uma absorção de O2 após a saturação fotossintética em plantas de tabaco de sol, associada a uma provável competição entre fotossíntese e fotorrespiração. Os espectros de ação, obtidos pela primeira vez a partir de medidas fotoacústicas de produção de O2, mostraram uma boa concordância com a literatura (valores obtidos por outras técnicas) / Abstract: Ilumination level of plants during its growth is determinant for structure of leaves, specially refering to quantity and distribution of chloroplasts. The aim of this project is to use the photoacoustic technique to show physiological differences among plants adapted to different light intensity conditions. Tobacco plants were grown up under two distint irradiance levels. Congeneric plants, coming from different habitats (cerrado and florest), grown up under the same light level, were also studied. Since photoacoustic technique is sensitive to O2 produced by photosynthesis, photosynthetic response of plants from different light conditions were studied through PA measurements of photosynthetic induction. The energy storage was also determined in these plants. From the oxygen component of the photoacoustic signal it was possible to obtain action spectra for all the samples. Results showed that plants adapted to sunlight present lower efficiency in storing energy to photochemical reactions. The induction curves indicated these plants also take a longer time to reach a steady state of O2 production, after remaining a period in the dark. Photoinhibition experiments showed that plants grown up under lower light are more susceptible to excess of saturating light. It was also observed O2 uptake after photoinhibition in plants grown under full sunlight, which was associated to a competition between photosynthesis and photorespiration. The action spectra, obtained for the first time with photoacoustic measurements of O2 production, showed a good agreement with literature / Mestrado / Física da Matéria Condensada / Mestre em Física

Thesis: Ph. D., Joint Program in Chemical Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2015. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references. / Tracing the evolution of Earth's redox history is one of the great challenges of geobiology and geochemistry. The accumulation of photosynthetically derived oxygen transformed the redox state of Earth's surface environments, setting the stage for the subsequent evolution of complex life. However, the timing of the advent of oxygenic photosynthesis relative to the Great Oxidation Event (GOE; -2.4 Ga) is poorly constrained. After the deep ocean became oxygenated in the early Phanerozoic, hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic to most aerobes, may have transiently accumulated in the marine photic zone (i.e. photic zone euxinia; PZE) during mass extinctions and oceanic anoxic events. Here, the molecular fossil evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis and eukaryotes is reevaluated, where the results imply that currently existing lipid biomarkers are contaminants. Next, the stratigraphic distribution of green and purple sulfur bacteria biomarkers through geologic time is evaluated to test whether these compounds reflect a water column sulfide signal, which is implicit in their utility as PZE paleoredox proxies. Results from a modern case study underscore the need to consider allochthonous and microbial mat sources and the role of basin restriction as alternative explanations for these biomarkers in the geologic record, in addition to an autochthonous planktonic source. / by Katherine L. French. / Ph. D.