Photosynthesis, Nitrogen, Their Adjustment and its Effects on Ecosystem Carbon Gain at Elevated CO(2) 1. A Comparison of Loblolly and Ponderosa Pines.

Ball, J. T. ; Tissue, D. T. ; Eichelmann, H. Y. ; Lewis, J. D. ; Picone, J. B.

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关键词: Carbon;    Carbon dioxide;    Ecosystems;    Pines;    Economics;   

RP-ID  :  DE2002762786

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

A functional understanding of terrestrial ecosystem carbon processes is essential for two reasons. First, carbon flow is a most fundamental aspects of ecosystem function as it mediates most of the energy flow in these systems. Second, carbon flow also mediates the majority of energy flow in the global economy and will do for the foreseeable future. The increased atmospheric carbon dioxide and its inevitable flow through global ecosystems will influence ecosystem processes. There is, of course, great interest in the potential of ecosystems to sequester some of the carbon being loaded into the atmosphere by economic activity.