Introducing a terrestrial carbon pool in warm desert bedrock mountains, southwestern USA

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma J. Harrison ◽  
Ronald I. Dorn
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Pool ◽  
Terrestrial Carbon ◽  
Southwestern Usa ◽  
Warm Desert

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

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatyana P. Kolchugina ◽  
Ted S. Vinson
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Carbon Cycle ◽  
Primary Productivity ◽  
Boreal Forests ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Net Primary Productivity ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Carbon Pool ◽  
Equilibrium Analysis ◽  
Terrestrial Carbon

Natural processes in ocean and terrestrial ecosystems together with human activities have caused a measurable increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2. It is predicted that an increase in the concentration of CO2 will cause the Earth's temperatures to rise and will accelerate rates of plant respiration and the decay of organic matter, disrupting the equilibrium of the terrestrial carbon cycle. 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 Soviet 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 Soviet 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. Net primary productivity was estimated at 4360 Mt of carbon, the vegetation carbon pool was estimated at 110 255 Mt, the litter carbon pool was estimated at 17 525 Mt, and the soil carbon pool was estimated at 319 100 Mt. Net primary productivity of Soviet forest biomes exceeded industrial CO2 emissions in the former Soviet Union by a factor of four and represented approximately 7% of the global terrestrial carbon turnover. Carbon stores in the phytomass and soils of forest biomes of the former Soviet Union represented 16% of the carbon concentrated in the biomass and soils of the world's terrestrial ecosystems. All carbon pools of Soviet forest biomes represented approximately one-seventh of the world's terrestrial carbon pool.

Global soil carbon: understanding and managing the largest terrestrial carbon pool

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörn PW Scharlemann ◽  
Edmund VJ Tanner ◽  
Roland Hiederer ◽  
Valerie Kapos
Keyword(s):  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Carbon Pool ◽  
Terrestrial Carbon ◽  
Global Soil

Contribution of transparent exopolymeric particles (TEP) to estuarine particulate organic carbon pool

2015 ◽  
Vol 529 ◽  
pp. 17-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Annane ◽  
L St-Amand ◽  
M Starr ◽  
E Pelletier ◽  
GA Ferreyra
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Particulate Organic Carbon ◽  
Carbon Pool ◽  
Organic Carbon Pool ◽  
Transparent Exopolymeric Particles

Quantifying the benefit of A-SCOPE data for reducing uncertainties in terrestrial carbon fluxes in CCDAS

Tellus B ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kaminski ◽  
M. Scholze ◽  
S. Houweling
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fluxes ◽  
Terrestrial Carbon

Passive Remote Sensor for the Measurement of Terrestrial Carbon Changes. Phase I SBIR

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Freedman ◽  
Paul Kebabian ◽  
John Conant ◽  
Herman Scott ◽  
Jeannine Cavender Bares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase I ◽  
Terrestrial Carbon ◽  
Remote Sensor
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