Soil respiration of Alaskan tundra at elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations Article

Oberbauer, SF, Oechel, WC, Riechers, GH. (1986). Soil respiration of Alaskan tundra at elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations . PLANT AND SOIL, 96(1), 145-148. 10.1007/BF02375005

cited authors

  • Oberbauer, SF; Oechel, WC; Riechers, GH

authors

abstract

  • CO2 efflux from tussock tundra in Alaska that had been exposed to elevated CO2 for 2.5 growing seasons was measured to assess the effect of long- and short-term CO2 enrichment on soil respiration. Long-term treatments were: 348, 514, and 683 μll-1 CO2 and 680 μll-1 CO2+4°C above ambient. Measurements were made at 5 CO2 concentrations between 87 and 680 μll-1 CO2. Neither long- or short-term CO2 enrichment significantly affected soil CO2 efflux. Tundra developed at elevated temperature and 680 μll-1 CO2 had slightly higher, but not statistically different, mean respiration rates compared to untreated tundra and to tundra under CO2 control alone. © 1986 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.

publication date

  • February 1, 1986

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start page

  • 145

end page

  • 148

volume

  • 96

issue

  • 1