Soil surface CO2 efflux measurements in Norway spruce forests: Comparison between four different sites across Europe - from boreal to alpine forest

Summary, in English

Extensive measurements of soil surface (including vegetation cover) CO2 efflux were carried out on 80 positions at four different forest sites (Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic and Italy) using a closed dynamic chamber technique. The period of measurement was 4-5 consecutive days per site. Two approaches were used to analyze the measured data, the Q(10) parameter and the Arrhenius relationship. Basic environmental factors such as soil temperature and moisture were measured. All the four investigated sites showed a positive dependence of the soil surface CO2 efflux on soil temperature. The four datasets generally resulted in good agreement (up to 93%) between the approaches and residual analysis showed no significant difference between approaches (less than 8%). The Q(10) ranged between 2.0 and 23 among the sites. The highest spatial variation of the soil surface CO2 efflux at 10 degrees C (expressed by the coefficient of variation CV) ranged from 30 to 65% between sites. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

• Author: Manuel Acosta; Marian Pavelka; Leonardo Montagnani; Werner Kutsch; Anders Lindroth; Radoslaw Juszczak; Dalibor Janous
• Department/s: Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science; eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration; BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
• Publishing year: 2013
• Language: English
• Pages: 295-303
• Publication/Series: Geoderma
• Volume: 192
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.08.027
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Physical Geography
• Keywords: Soil CO2 efflux; Forest; Chamber method; Q(10); Soil temperature; Spatial variability
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0016-7061