300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:
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Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. [Coastal Redwood]
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             300 ppm 
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             600 ppm 
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             900 ppm 
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| Number of Results | 
             3 
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             3 
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             3 
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| Arithmetic Mean | 
             77.7% 
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             0% 
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             0% 
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| Standard Error | 
             31.4% 
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             0 
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             0% 
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             Experimental Conditions 
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             300 ppm 
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             600 ppm 
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             900 ppm 
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             Llorens et al. (2009)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of well watered and fertilized one-year-old saplings grown from seed and maintained for four more years in 6-liter pots (filled with a 13:5:2 mix of sand:vermiculite:peat) within controlled-environment growth rooms, with measurements made in the fourth year of the study (middle of first-half growing season) 
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             154% 
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             Llorens et al. (2009)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of well watered and fertilized one-year-old saplings grown from seed and maintained for four more years in 6-liter pots (filled with a 13:5:2 mix of sand:vermiculite:peat) within controlled-environment growth rooms, with measurements made in the fourth year of the study (end of growing season) 
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             48% 
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             Royer et al. (2003)  | 
          
             Controlled environment chambers,simulated ancient polar environment 
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             31% 
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