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


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Northern Mixed-grass Prairie Near Cheyene, Wyoming, USA
[Four C3 species making up approximately 55% of the Prairie]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
1
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
45%
 
 
 Standard Error
0%
 
 

Individual Experiement Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

LeCain et al. (2012)

All C3 grasses within PVC cylinders measuring 30 cm tall by 25 cm diameter that held intact plant-soil cores placed in controlled-environment chambers that simulated the entire growing season of southeast Wyoming and were watered similarly to what occurs in the field
45%

 

 

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