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, In