Percent Photosynthesis (Net CO2 Exchange Rate) Increases for
300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:


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Scrub-Oak Ecosystem (85-90% of aboveground biomass derived from Quercus myrtifolia, Q. geminata and Q. chapmanii)


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
2
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
98.5%
 
 
 Standard Error
39.2%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Hymus et al. (2003)

Burned-over but regenerating ecosystem on a small island within the confines of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on central Florida coast in its 4th and 5th years of atmospheric CO2 enrichment in open-top chambers; net ecosystem CO2 exchange
43%

 

 

Hymus et al. (2003)

Burned-over but regenerating ecosystem on a small island within the confines of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on central Florida coast in its 4th and 5th years of atmospheric CO2 enrichment in open-top chambers; winter season
154%

 

 

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