Table 1 Summary of the 12 models fitted to photosynthesis-temperature curves in this paper.

From: Model fit versus biological relevance: Evaluating photosynthesis-temperature models for three tropical seagrass species

Model

Minimum temperature

Optimum temperature

Maximum photosynthesis rate

Maximum temperature

Briére-154

Tmin

Topt

Pmax

Tmax

Briére-254

Tmin

Topt

Pmax

Tmax

Deutsch55

−∞

Topt

Pmax

Tmax

Johnson56

0 K

Topt

Pmax

+∞

Lactin57

Undefined or Tmina

Topt

Pmax

Tmax

O’Neill58

−∞

Topt

Pmax

Tmax

Ratkowsky16

Tmin

Topt

Pmax

Tmax

Room59

−∞

Topt

Pmax

+∞

Spain60

−∞

Topt

Pmax

Tmax

Thébault61

Tmin

Topt

Pmax

+∞

van der Heide17

Tmin

Topt

Pmax

Tmax

Yan and Hunt26

0 °C

Topt

Pmax

Tmax

  1. These models are mathematically defined in Supplementary Section S1. aThe Lactin model may or may not have a Tmin, depending on the sign of its intermediate parameter k2.