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On the 16 O/ 18 O isotope effect associated with photosynthetic O 2 production

Tcherkez, Guillaume; Farquhar, Graham

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While photosynthetically evolved O2 has been repeatedly shown to have nearly the same oxygen isotope composition as source water so that there is no corresponding 16O/18O isotope effect, some recent 18O-enrichment studies suggest that a large isotope effect may occur, thus feeding a debate in the literature. Here, the classical theory of isotope effects was applied to show that a very small isotope effect is indeed expected during O2 production. Explanations of the conflicting results are...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorTcherkez, Guillaume
dc.contributor.authorFarquhar, Graham
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:41:20Z
dc.identifier.issn1445-4408
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/57848
dc.description.abstractWhile photosynthetically evolved O2 has been repeatedly shown to have nearly the same oxygen isotope composition as source water so that there is no corresponding 16O/18O isotope effect, some recent 18O-enrichment studies suggest that a large isotope effect may occur, thus feeding a debate in the literature. Here, the classical theory of isotope effects was applied to show that a very small isotope effect is indeed expected during O2 production. Explanations of the conflicting results are briefly discussed.
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.sourceFunctional Plant Biology
dc.subjectKeywords: Oxygen; Photosynthesis; Enrichment; Isotope composition; Isotope effects; Isotopes; isotopic composition; oxygen; oxygen isotope; photosynthesis; primary production
dc.titleOn the 16 O/ 18 O isotope effect associated with photosynthetic O 2 production
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume34
dc.date.issued2007
local.identifier.absfor060705 - Plant Physiology
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9204316xPUB417
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationTcherkez, Guillaume, Universite Paris Sud XI (CNRS UMR 8079)
local.contributor.affiliationFarquhar, Graham, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1049
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1052
local.identifier.doi10.1071/FP07168
dc.date.updated2015-12-09T11:06:46Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-35848941311
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