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Publications [#281579] of Gabriel G. Katul

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  1. Daly, E; Palmroth, S; Stoy, P; Siqueira, M; Oishi, AC; Juang, J-Y; Oren, R; Porporato, A; Katul, GG, The effects of elevated atmospheric CO₂ and nitrogen amendments on subsurface CO₂ production and concentration dynamics in a maturing pine forest, Biogeochemistry, vol. 94 no. 3 (July, 2009), pp. 271-287, ISSN 0168-2563 [doi]
    (last updated on 2023/06/01)

    Abstract:
    Profiles of subsurface soil CO₂ concentration, soil temperature, and soil moisture, and throughfall were measured continuously during the years 2005 and 2006 in 16 locations at the free air CO₂ enrichment facility situated within a temperate loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) stand. Sampling at these locations followed a 4 by 4 replicated experimental design comprised of two atmospheric CO₂ concentration levels (ambient [CO₂]a, ambient + 200 ppmv, [CO₂]e) and two soil nitrogen (N) deposition levels (ambient, ambient + fertilization at 11.2 gN m⁻² year⁻¹). The combination of these measurements permitted indirect estimation of belowground CO₂ production and flux profiles in the mineral soil. Adjacent to the soil CO₂ profiles, direct (chamber-based) measurements of CO₂ fluxes from the soil-litter complex were simultaneously conducted using the automated carbon efflux system. Based on the measured soil CO₂ profiles, neither [CO₂]e nor N fertilization had a statistically significant effect on seasonal soil CO₂, CO₂ production, and effluxes from the mineral soil over the study period. Soil moisture and temperature had different effects on CO₂ concentration depending on the depth. Variations in CO₂ were mostly explained by soil temperature at deeper soil layers, while water content was an important driver at the surface (within the first 10 cm), where CO₂ pulses were induced by rainfall events. The soil effluxes were equal to the CO₂ production for most of the time, suggesting that the site reached near steady-state conditions. The fluxes estimated from the CO₂ profiles were highly correlated to the direct measurements when the soil was neither very dry nor very wet. This suggests that a better parameterization of the soil CO₂ diffusivity is required for these soil moisture extremes.