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


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Picea abies (L.) Karst. [Norway Spruce]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
15
 
4
 Arithmetic Mean
33.5%
 
42.8%
 Standard Error
4.9%
 
5.6%

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Egli et al. (1998)

open-top chamber, 1995
23%

 

 

Egli et al. (1998)

open-top chamber, 1996, low nitrogen
29%

 

 

Egli et al. (1998)

open-top chamber, 1996, high nitrogen
55%

 

 

Jones and Reekie (2007)

Well watered and fertilized plants grown from small seeds to 98 days past emergence in a 1:1 mixture of autoclaved sand and peat in 74-cm3 containers within controlled environment chambers
 

 

50%

Jones and Reekie (2007)

Well watered and fertilized plants grown from medium seeds to 98 days past emergence in a 1:1 mixture of autoclaved sand and peat in 74-cm3 containers within controlled environment chambers
 

 

57%

Jones and Reekie (2007)

Well watered and fertilized plants grown from large seeds to 98 days past emergence in a 1:1 mixture of autoclaved sand and peat in 74-cm3 containers within controlled environment chambers
 

 

31%

Liu et al. (2004)

Well-watered and well-fertilized three- and four-year old seedlings grown for two years in phytotrons
17%

 

 

Loewe et al. (2000)

growth chambers, inoculated with Amanita muscaria fungi, shoots
55%

 

 

Loewe et al. (2000)

growth chambers, non-mycorrhizal, shoots
57%

 

 

Loewe et al. (2000)

growth chambers, inoculated with Amanita muscaria fungi, roots
23%

 

 

Loewe et al. (2000)

growth chambers, non-mycorrhizal, roots
32%

 

 

Pokorny et al. (2013)

Aboveground biomass of eleven-year-old saplings grown for an additional eight years inside glass domes at a site in the Beskydy Mountains in the northeast part of the Czech Republic, while being monitored for several plant physiological properties and processes
10%

 

 

Pokorny et al. (2013)

Root biomass of eleven-year-old saplings grown for an additional eight years inside glass domes at a site in the Beskydy Mountains in the northeast part of the Czech Republic, while being monitored for several plant physiological properties and processes
30%

 

 

Rodenkirchen et al. (2009)

Adequately watered and fertilized three-year-old trees grown in containers (0.7 m x 0.4 m x 0.3 m) filled with field soil from a forest stand, for one year in climate-controlled greenhouses (at ambient and ambient + 300 ppm CO2) and for two additional years within phytotrons of the same two CO2 concentrations at an ambient O3 concentration
11%

 

 

Rodenkirchen et al. (2009)

Adequately watered and fertilized three-year-old trees grown in containers (0.7 m x 0.4 m x 0.3 m) filled with field soil from a forest stand, for one year in climate-controlled greenhouses (at ambient and ambient + 300 ppm CO2) and for two additional years within phytotrons of the same two CO2 concentrations at twice ambient O3 concentration
57%

 

 

Spinnler et al. (2003)

Seedlings of four different provenances grown for four years in the presence of many competing seedlings of other species on nutrient-poor acidic soil in open-top chambers
36%

 

 

Spinnler et al. (2003)

Seedlings of four different provenances grown for four years in the presence of many competing seedlings of other species on fertile calcareous soil in open-top chambers
63%

 

 

Zebian and Reekie (1998)

Plants grown under high light for six days in 50-ml vials containing 0.6% agar
5%

 

 

Zebian and Reekie (1998)

Plants grown under high light for six days in 50-ml vials containing 0.6% agar
 

 

33%

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