Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9447961 | Journal of Arid Environments | 2005 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
We measured CO2 and evapotranspiration (ET) fluxes above a Chihuahuan desert grassland from 1996 through 2001. Averaged across six years, this ecosystem was a source (positive flux) of CO2 in every month. Over that period, sustained periods of carbon uptake (negative flux) were rare. Averaged across all months, we estimated that CO2 was being released into the atmosphere at a rate of +1.5 g CO2 mâ2 dâ1 (+0.40 g C mâ2 dâ1) or +533 g CO2 mâ2 yrâ1 (+145.3 g C mâ2 yrâ1). Average ET was 299 mm yrâ1 with a monthly range of 0.15 mm dâ1 in December to 2.15 mm dâ1 in August.
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Authors
P. Mielnick, W.A. Dugas, K. Mitchell, K. Havstad,