Net Ecosystem Production of Two Contrasting Boreal Black Spruce Forest Communities
Net Ecosystem Production of Two Contrasting Boreal Black Spruce Forest Communities
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两个对比鲜明的北方黑云杉森林群落的净生态系统生产
DOI:
10.1007/pl00021511
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发表时间:
2003
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
J. Norman
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作者:
Kari O’Connell;S. Gower;J. Norman
The objective of this study was to compare the carbon (C) budgets of two similar-aged boreal black spruce (Picea mariana [Mill.] BSP) forest communities: closed-canopy black spruce with feathermoss ground cover (BSFM) on moderately drained soils and open-canopy black spruce with Sphagnum ground cover (BSSP) on poorly drained soils. C content, soil surface carbon dioxide ( CO2) flux, heterotrophic respiration, net primary production (NPP), and net ecosystem production (NEP) were measured or estimated. The total C content for the two communities $({\rm BSFM},\ 113\ {\rm Mg}\ {\rm C}\ {\rm ha}^{-1};{\rm BSSP},\ 107\ {\rm Mg}\ {\rm C}\ {\rm ha}^{-1})$ did not differ significantly (P = 0.95). However, annualwas significantly greater (P < 0.0001) for the BSFMthan the BSSPcommunity. The greaterin the BSFMthan the BSSP communityand the higher peat C content for the BSSPthan the BSFMcommunity provided evidence that the BSSP community had a lower decomposition rate than the BSFM community. NEP was significantly (P = 0.04) more negative for the BSFM communitythan the BSSP community, but both communities were C sources to the atmosphere. The results from this study illustrate the influence of small differences in edaphic conditions on ecosystem C accumulation.