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Photosynthetic responses of a humid grassland ecosystem to future climate perturbations

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Hsieh, CI; Kiely, G; Birkby, A; Katul, G
Published in: Advances in Water Resources
September 1, 2005

Increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration not only affects climate variables such as precipitation and air temperature, but also affects intrinsic ecosystem physiological properties such as bulk stomatal conductance and intercellular CO2 concentration. De-convolving these two effects remains uncertain in biosphere-atmosphere water and carbon cycling. Using a simplified analytical net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) model, tested with recently collected flux measurements in a humid grassland ecosystem in Ireland, we assess how much projected climate shifts affect net canopy photosynthesis (A) without physiological adjustments and contrast those findings with published field data on physiological adjustments for several grassland ecosystems. Our analysis suggests that the intrinsic grassland ecosystem physiological adjustment of A is about 45 times more important than the resulting climatic forcing shifts from the IS92a scenario (and a doubling of atmospheric CO2 concentration). Also, our analysis shows that increase in precipitation results in concomitant decrease in the two climate variables - net radiation and vapor pressure deficit, and these decreases have opposite (and almost canceling) effects on A. Implications to afforestation policy and future experimental efforts to quantify the carbon sink from humid grassland ecosystems are also discussed. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Published In

Advances in Water Resources

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ISSN

0309-1708

Publication Date

September 1, 2005

Volume

28

Issue

9

Start / End Page

910 / 916

Related Subject Headings

  • Environmental Engineering
  • 4901 Applied mathematics
  • 4005 Civil engineering
  • 3707 Hydrology
  • 0907 Environmental Engineering
  • 0905 Civil Engineering
  • 0102 Applied Mathematics
 

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Hsieh, C. I., Kiely, G., Birkby, A., & Katul, G. (2005). Photosynthetic responses of a humid grassland ecosystem to future climate perturbations. Advances in Water Resources, 28(9), 910–916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.02.007
Hsieh, C. I., G. Kiely, A. Birkby, and G. Katul. “Photosynthetic responses of a humid grassland ecosystem to future climate perturbations.” Advances in Water Resources 28, no. 9 (September 1, 2005): 910–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.02.007.
Hsieh CI, Kiely G, Birkby A, Katul G. Photosynthetic responses of a humid grassland ecosystem to future climate perturbations. Advances in Water Resources. 2005 Sep 1;28(9):910–6.
Hsieh, C. I., et al. “Photosynthetic responses of a humid grassland ecosystem to future climate perturbations.” Advances in Water Resources, vol. 28, no. 9, Sept. 2005, pp. 910–16. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.02.007.
Hsieh CI, Kiely G, Birkby A, Katul G. Photosynthetic responses of a humid grassland ecosystem to future climate perturbations. Advances in Water Resources. 2005 Sep 1;28(9):910–916.
Journal cover image

Published In

Advances in Water Resources

DOI

ISSN

0309-1708

Publication Date

September 1, 2005

Volume

28

Issue

9

Start / End Page

910 / 916

Related Subject Headings

  • Environmental Engineering
  • 4901 Applied mathematics
  • 4005 Civil engineering
  • 3707 Hydrology
  • 0907 Environmental Engineering
  • 0905 Civil Engineering
  • 0102 Applied Mathematics