Land Floras: The Major Late Phanerozoic Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen Control
Since at least the late Mesozoic, the abundance of terrestrial vegetation has been the major factor in atmospheric carbon dioxide/oxygen fluctuations. Of modern ecosystem types occupying more than 1 percent of the earth's surface, productivity/area ratios of terrestrial ecosystems (excepting tu...
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craaas:10.1126/science.200.4345.1060 2024-06-09T07:50:01+00:00 Land Floras: The Major Late Phanerozoic Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen Control McLean, Dewey M. 1978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.200.4345.1060 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.200.4345.1060 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 200, issue 4345, page 1060-1062 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 1978 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.200.4345.1060 2024-05-16T12:53:44Z Since at least the late Mesozoic, the abundance of terrestrial vegetation has been the major factor in atmospheric carbon dioxide/oxygen fluctuations. Of modern ecosystem types occupying more than 1 percent of the earth's surface, productivity/area ratios of terrestrial ecosystems (excepting tundra and alpine meadow, desert scrub, and rock, ice, and sand) exceed those of marine ecosystems and probably have done so for much of late Phanerozoic time. Reduction of terrestrial ecosystems during marine transgression would decrease the world primary productivity, thus increasing the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and decreasing the oxygen concentration. Regression would produce opposite effects. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 200 4345 1060 1062 |
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Since at least the late Mesozoic, the abundance of terrestrial vegetation has been the major factor in atmospheric carbon dioxide/oxygen fluctuations. Of modern ecosystem types occupying more than 1 percent of the earth's surface, productivity/area ratios of terrestrial ecosystems (excepting tundra and alpine meadow, desert scrub, and rock, ice, and sand) exceed those of marine ecosystems and probably have done so for much of late Phanerozoic time. Reduction of terrestrial ecosystems during marine transgression would decrease the world primary productivity, thus increasing the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and decreasing the oxygen concentration. Regression would produce opposite effects. |
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Land Floras: The Major Late Phanerozoic Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen Control |
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Land Floras: The Major Late Phanerozoic Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen Control |
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