Percent Dry Weight (Biomass) Increases for
300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:


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Ecosystem [Lolium perenne (Perennial Ryegrass), Trifolium repens L. (White Clover), Agrostis capillaris L. (Colonial Bentgrass), Rytidosperma clavatum (Zotov) Connor et Edgar comb. nov., Festuca arundinacea Schreb., Paspalum dilatatum (Dallas Grass), Digitaria sanguinalis (Hairy Crabgrass), Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tourn. (Rattail Grass), Setaria geniculata (Lam.) Beauv. (Yellow Bristlegrass), Trifolium subterraneum L. (Subterraneum Clover), Poa annua L. (Annual Bluegrass) and Lotus corniculatus L. (Birdfoot Deervetch)]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
3
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
22.7%
 
 
 Standard Error
5.5%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Campbell et al. (1995)

controlled environment rooms, 12/7 °C,8 weeks
14%

 

 

Campbell et al. (1995)

controlled environment rooms, 18/13 °C,6 weeks
18%

 

 

Campbell et al. (1995)

controlled environment rooms, 28/23 °C,4 weeks
36%

 

 

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