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From: Leaf reflectance can surrogate foliar economics better than physiological traits across macrophyte species

Fig. 1

Bi-plots of the first two Principal Components of leaf photophysiological parameters (a) and foliar economics (b) expressed as pigments content and leaf structural traits, measured over all macrophyte species sampled. As visual guidance for data interpretation, minimum convex polygons grouping all points of a species are overlaid on both plots. alpha: maximum quantum yield for whole chain electron transport; ETRmax: maximum electron transport rate for PSII; Ik: theoretical saturation light intensity for PSII; Fv_Fm: PSII photochemical efficiency; qP: coefficient of photochemical quenching; qN: coefficient of non-photochemical quenching; CaS: chlorophyll a content; CbS: chlorophyll b content; Cxc: total carotenoids content; Ca_Cb: chlorophyll a to chlorophyll b ratio; Cab_Cxc: chlorophylls to carotenoids ratio; DMC: leaf dry matter content; LMA: leaf mass per area

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Plant Methods

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