Carbon dioxide exchange and growth of a pine plantation
The exchange of materials between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystem is important to an understanding of the cycling of essential elements, the deposition of mateials from the atmosphere and the entrance of pollutants into the forest ecosystems. This paper reports the results of measurements of carbon dioxide exchange in a vigorously growing pine plantation. Measurement data were incorporated into a model used to estimate annual carbon dioxide exchange and measured annual biomass accumulation in the same plantation were used to determine a carbon dioxide to biomass conversion efficiency. Carbon dioxide exchange was 10.5 metric tons per hectare and biomass accumulation was 4.5 metric tons per hectare. The conversion efficiency of cabon dioxide to biomass is about 25% less than the theoretical chemical conversion efficiency. 27 refs., 8 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-76SR00001
- OSTI ID:
- 5166380
- Report Number(s):
- DP-MS-84-10; ON: DE88008746
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Net exchange of CO[sub 2] in a mid-latitude forest
Evaluating Forest Biomass Recovery in South Central Alabama Pine Plantations
Changes in ecosystem carbon and nitrogen in a loblolly pine plantation over the first 18 years
Journal Article
·
Fri May 28 00:00:00 EDT 1993
· Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)
·
OSTI ID:6459326
Evaluating Forest Biomass Recovery in South Central Alabama Pine Plantations
Journal Article
·
Sun Mar 03 23:00:00 EST 2019
· Forest Science
·
OSTI ID:1613263
Changes in ecosystem carbon and nitrogen in a loblolly pine plantation over the first 18 years
Journal Article
·
Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2003
· Soil Science Society of America Journal
·
OSTI ID:978227
Related Subjects
500200 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
560300* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BUILDUP
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON CYCLE
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CONIFERS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ECOSYSTEMS
EFFICIENCY
FLUIDS
FLUX DENSITY
FORESTS
GASES
GROWTH
MEASURING METHODS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PINES
PLANT GROWTH
PLANTS
POLLUTANTS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
TREES
UPTAKE
VAPORS
WATER VAPOR
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
560300* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BUILDUP
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON CYCLE
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CONIFERS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ECOSYSTEMS
EFFICIENCY
FLUIDS
FLUX DENSITY
FORESTS
GASES
GROWTH
MEASURING METHODS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PINES
PLANT GROWTH
PLANTS
POLLUTANTS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
TREES
UPTAKE
VAPORS
WATER VAPOR