Biotic Processes Regulating the Carbon Balance of Desert Ecosystems (Final Report)
- Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States); Nevada System of Higher Education
- Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
- Desert Research Institute (DRI), Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Our results from the 10-year elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration study at the Nevada Desert FACE (Free-air CO2 Enrichment) Facility (NDFF) indicate that the Mojave Desert is a dynamic ecosystem with the capacity to respond quickly to environmental changes. The Mojave Desert ecosystem is accumulating carbon (C), and over the 10-year experiment, C accumulation was significantly greater under elevated [CO2] than under ambient, despite great fluctuations in C inputs from year to year and even apparent reversals in which [CO2] treatment had greater C accumulations.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-03ER63651
- OSTI ID:
- 1109125
- Report Number(s):
- DOE--30BONSHE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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