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


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Larrea tridentata (Sesse & Moc. ex DC.) Coville [Creosote Bush]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
8
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
104.9%
 
 
 Standard Error
22.9%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

BassiriRad et al. (1998)

growth chambers
59%

 

 

Clark et al. (2010)

Shoot biomass of plants grown from seed within a greenhouse for one month in water-saturated sterilized sand in transparent domed trays that maintained high humidity, after which they were transplanted to 5.5-L pots filled with sand for nine more months of growth, during which time they were well watered and fertilized
54%

 

 

Clark et al. (2010)

Root biomass of plants grown from seed within a greenhouse for one month in water-saturated sterilized sand in transparent domed trays that maintained high humidity, after which they were transplanted to 5.5-L pots filled with sand for nine more months of growth, during which time they were well watered and fertilized
188%

 

 

Clark et al. (2010)

Shoot biomass of plants grown from seed within a greenhouse for one month in water-saturated sterilized sand in transparent domed trays that maintained high humidity
52%

 

 

Clark et al. (2010)

Root biomass of plants grown from seed within a greenhouse for one month in water-saturated sterilized sand in transparent domed trays that maintained high humidity
123%

 

 

Housman et al. (2006)

Adult shrubs growing naturally at the Nevada Desert FACE facility in southern Nevada, USA, during "an anomalously wet year" (1998)
230%

 

 

Housman et al. (2006)

Adult shrubs growing naturally at the Nevada Desert FACE facility in southern Nevada, USA, during the last of three years of below-average rainfall (2001)
55%

 

 

Obrist and Arnone III (2003)

Well watered plants grown for 178 days after seeding in 3.6-L containers filled with a 1:1 mixture of topsoil and blasting sand located within controlled-environment growth chambers
78%

 

 

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