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

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Experimental wetland communities comprised of native graminoids (grasses, sedges and bulrushes) and either high invasion (>90% cover) or low invasion (<50% cover) by reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea L.)

Journal Reference

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm

600 ppm

900 ppm
Kao-Kniffin and Balser (2007)
Total above and below ground biomass of plants grown for four months in mesocosms located within greenhouses at low soil N (5 mg N l-1) and low invasion (<50% cover)
76%
 
 
Kao-Kniffin and Balser (2007)
Total above and below ground biomass of plants grown for four months in mesocosms located within greenhouses at low soil N (5 mg N l-1) and high invasion (>90% cover)
31%
 
 
Kao-Kniffin and Balser (2007)
Total above and below ground biomass of plants grown for four months in mesocosms located within greenhouses at high soil N (30 mg N l-1) and low invasion (<50% cover)
30%
 
 
Kao-Kniffin and Balser (2007)
Total above and below ground biomass of plants grown for four months in mesocosms located within greenhouses at high soil N (30 mg N l-1) and high invasion (>90% cover)
29%