Journal
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages 2057-2064Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.01077.x
Keywords
carbon sequestration; C-13 stable isotope; FACE experiment; meta-analysis; microaggregates; open-top chamber; roots; soil organic matter; sweetgum forest; tallgrass prairie grassland
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The general lack of significant changes in mineral soil C stocks during CO2-enrichment experiments has cast doubt on predictions that increased soil C can partially offset rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Here, we show, through meta-analysis techniques, that these experiments collectively exhibited a 5.6% increase in soil C over 2-9 years, at a median rate of 19 g C m(-2) yr(-1). We also measured C accrual in deciduous forest and grassland soils, at rates exceeding 40 g C m(-2) yr(-1) for 5-8 years, because both systems responded to CO2 enrichment with large increases in root production. Even though native C stocks were relatively large, over half of the accrued C at both sites was incorporated into microaggregates, which protect C and increase its longevity. Our data, in combination with the meta-analysis, demonstrate the potential for mineral soils in diverse temperate ecosystems to store additional C in response to CO2 enrichment.
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