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| Carbon dioxide transfer over a Central Amazonian rain forest |
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| Author(s): Malhi Y, Nobre AD, Grace J, Kruijt B, Pereira MGP, Culf A, Scott S |
| Source: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES Volume: 103 Issue: D24 Pages: 31593-31612 Published: DEC 27 1998 |
| Times Cited: 168 References: 52 |
| Abstract: Tropical rain forests are among the most important and least monitored of terrestrial ecosystems. In recent years, their influence on atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and water vapor has become the subject of much speculation. Here we present results from a yearlong study of CO2 fluxes. at a tropical forest in central Amazonia, using the micrometeorological technique of eddy covariance. The diurnal cycle of CO2 flux was consistent with previous shortterm studies in tropical rain forests, implying that the Amazonian rain forest shows a fair degree of spatial uniformity in bulk ecophysiological characteristics. Typical peak daytime photosynthesis rates were 24-28 mu mol CO2 m(-2) s(-1), and respiration rates were 6-8 mu mol CO2 m(-1) s(-1). There was significant seasonality in peak photosynthesis over the year, which appeared strongly correlated with soil moisture content. On the other hand, there was no evidence of strong seasonality in soil respiration. Central Amazonia has only a short, 3 month dry season, not atypical of tropical rain forest, and it is therefore likely that large areas of Amazonia exhibit significant seasonality in photosynthetic capacity. The gross primary production was calculated to be 30 t C ha(-1) yr(-1). An analysis of data quality is included in the appendix. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Malhi, Y (reprint author), Univ Edinburgh, Inst Ecol & Resource Management, Darwin Bldg,Mayfield Rd, Edinburgh EH9 3JU, Midlothian Scotland |
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1. Univ Edinburgh, Inst Ecol & Resource Management, Edinburgh EH9 3JU, Midlothian Scotland
2. Inst Hydrol, Wallingford OX10 8BB, Oxon England
3. Inst Nacl Pesquisas Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas Brazil |
| Publisher: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION, 2000 FLORIDA AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20009 USA |
| Subject Category: Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| IDS Number: 155VL |
| ISSN: 0747-7309 |
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