Production,Respiration, and Overall Carbon Balance in an Old-growth <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pseudotsuga</Emphasis>-<Emphasis Type="Italic">Tsuga</Emphasis> Forest Ecosystem |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Mark?E?HarmonEmail author Ken?Bible Michael?G?Ryan David?C?Shaw H?Chen Jeffrey?Klopatek Xia?Li |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA;(2) College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA;(3) Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526, USA;(4) Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA;(5) Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA |
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Abstract: | Ground-based measurements of stores, growth, mortality, litterfall, respiration, and decomposition were conducted in an old-growth forest at Wind River Experimental Forest, Washington, USA. These measurements were used to estimate gross primary production (GPP) and net primary production (NPP); autotrophic respiration (Ra) and heterotrophic (Rh) respiration; and net ecosystem production (NEP). Monte Carlo methods were used to calculate uncertainty (expressed as ± 2 standard deviations of 200–400 calculations). Live carbon (C) stores were 39,800 g C m–2 (34,800–44,800 g C m–2). The store of C in detritus and mineral soil was 22,092 g C m–2 (20,600–23,600 g C m–2), and the total C stores were 61,899 g C m–2 (56,600–67,700 g C m–2). Total NPP was 597 g C m–2 y–1 (453 to 741 g C m–2 y–1). Ra was 1309 g C m–2 y–1 (845–1773 g C m–2 y–1), indicating a GPP of 1906 g C m–2 y–1 (1444–2368 g C m–2 y–1). Rh, including the respiration of heart rots in tree boles, was 577 g C m–2 y–1 (479–675 g C m–2 y–1). Long-term NEP was estimated to be +20 g C m–2 y–1 (–116 to +156 g C m–2 y–1), indicating this stand might be a small sink. These estimates contrast with the larger sink estimated at the same site using eddy-flux methods. Several hypotheses to explain this discrepancy were explored, including (a) undetected biomass increases, (b) underestimates of NPP, (c) unmeasured losses, and (d) a temporal mismatch between the two sets of measurements. The last hypothesis appears the most likely. |
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Keywords: | autotrophic respiration carbon flux carbon stores decomposition gross primary production (GPP) heterotrophic respiration net ecosystem production (NEP) net primary production (NPP) |
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