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


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Mixed Stand of Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) and Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera Marsh.)



Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
7
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
76.3%
 
 
 Standard Error
13.6%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

King et al. (2001)

Fine root biomass of trees grown for two years in FACE arrays under normal ozone concentrations
124%

 

 

King et al. (2001)

Fine root biomass of trees grown for two years in FACE arrays under 1.5 times the normal ozone concentration
99%

 

 

King et al. (2005)

Trees grown for seven years in the Aspen FACE study near Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA
68%

 

 

Liu et al. (2005)

Leaf litter biomass of seedlings in their sixth year of a FACE CO2 enrichment study under ambient O3 concentration
56%

 

 

Liu et al. (2005)

Leaf litter biomass of seedlings in their sixth year of a FACE CO2 enrichment study under 1.5 times the ambient O3 concentration
44%

 

 

Pregitzer et al. (2008)

Root biomass of trees growing in the FACTS-II FACE project near Rhinelander, Wisconsin (USA) under ambient (A) ozone concentration -- since May 1998
23%

 

 

Pregitzer et al. (2008)

Root biomass of trees growing in the FACTS-II FACE project near Rhinelander, Wisconsin (USA) under elevated (E = 1.5x A) ozone concentration -- since May 1998
120%

 

 

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