Advanced guide to lighting a planted tank - Basics first

A guide to lighting basics for a planted aquarium References: 1:15 Gross, Jeana (1991). Pigments in vegetables: chlorophylls and carotenoids. Van Nostrand Reinhold, ISBN 0442006578. 1:53 Erroneous charts that mis-interpret absorption spectra data can be found on sites such as 1:58 Biological Action Spectra by Holly L. Gorton St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Modified from (Moss & Loomis, 1952). (Haxo & Blinks, 1950). (McCree, 1972) Easy read at 2:36 Nishio, J.L. (2000). Why are higher plants green? Evolution of the higher plant photosynthetic pigment complement. Plant, Cell & Environment 23(6): 539–548. Sun JD, Nishio JN, Vogelmann TC. 1998. Green light drives CO2 fixation deep within leaves. Plant and Cell Physiology 39, 1020–1026. Terashima I, Fujita T, Inoue T, Chow WS, Oguchi R (2009) Green light drives leaf photosynthesis more efficiently than red light in strong white light: revisiting the enigmatic question of why leaves are green. Plant Cell Physiol 50: 684–697 Kim, HH et al. Green-light Supplementation for Enhanced Lettuce Growth under Red- and Blue-light-emitting Diodes. 2004. HortScience, 39(7):1617-1622. Kevin R. Cope, Bruce Bugbee, On the importance of blue and green light in plant development and whole plant photosynthesis. UtahState university 2:55 McCree, K.J. (1972). The action spectrum, absorptance and quantum yield of photosynthesis in crop plants. . 9 : 191-216. 3:45 BML Led lighting website Spectrum simulator 7:04 CIE (1932). Commission internationale de l’Eclairage proceedings, 1931. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Smith, Thomas; Guild, John (1931–32). “The . colorimetric standards and their use“. Transactions of the Optical Society 33 (3): 73–134. doi: 10:52 12:28 Spectrum charts taken from ADA website, GB website Visit my new website: Music: Virtutes Vocis by Kevin MacLeod () Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0