Equilibrium analysis of carbon pools and fluxes of forest biomes in the former Soviet Union

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6338472

Kolchugina, T P; Vinson, T S

Forests are an important component of the biosphere and sequestration of carbon in boreal forests may represent one of the few realistic alternatives to ameliorate changes in atmospheric chemistry. The former Soviet Union has the greatest expanse of boreal forests in the world; however, the role of these forests in the terrestrial carbon cycle is not fully understood because the carbon budget of the Soviet forest sector has not been established. In recognition of the need to determine the role of these forests in the global carbon cycle, the carbon budget of forest biomes in the former Soviet Union was assessed based on an equilibrium analysis of carbon cycle pools and fluxes. Net primary productivity was used to identify the rate of carbon turnover in the forest biomes.

• Research Organization: Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States). Dept. of Civil Engineering
• OSTI ID: 6338472
• Report Number(s): PB-93-191484/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Pub. in Canadian Jnl. of Forest Research, Vol. 23, 81-88(1993). See also PB--93-156016 and PB--93-156024
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
FORESTS
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
USSR
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
BIOMASS
BIOSPHERE
BUDGETS
CARBON CYCLE
CHEMISTRY
CLIMATIC CHANGE
ECOLOGY
EQUILIBRIUM
PRODUCTIVITY
SECTORAL ANALYSIS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
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ECOSYSTEMS
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EUROPE
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
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