Response of Tundra Ecosystems to Elevated Atmospheric CO{sub 2}

• Main Author: Oechel, Walter C.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; BOREAL REGIONS; CARBON SINKS; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PERMAFROST; PLANTS; SURFACE AIR; TUNDRA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; Arctic; Haugen; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/762799; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/762799; https://doi.org/10.2172/762799

OAK B188 Response of Tundra Ecosystems to Elevated Atmospheric CO{sub 2}. Atmospheric CO{sub 2} is expected to double by the end of the next century. Global mean increases in surface air temperature of 1.5-4.5 C are anticipated with larger increases towards the poles predicted. Changes in CO{sub 2}...