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


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Scirpus olneyi Grey [Salt Marsh Sedge]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
10
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
17.4%
 
 
 Standard Error
7.7%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Curtis et al. (1989)

field
14%

 

 

Curtis et al. (1990)

field
73%

 

 

Dakora and Drake (2000)

open-top chambers, shoot
-5%

 

 

Dakora and Drake (2000)

open-top chambers, root and rhizomes
-16%

 

 

Dakora and Drake (2000)

open-top chambers, total biomass
-9%

 

 

Drake et al. (1989)

field
23%

 

 

Erickson et al. (2007)

Aboveground biomass of plants in a Chesapeake Bay tidal wetland grown under natural conditions for 18 years in open-top chambers
35%

 

 

Erickson et al. (2007)

Belowground biomass of plants in a Chesapeake Bay tidal wetland grown under natural conditions for 18 years in open-top chambers
23%

 

 

Matamala and Drake (1999)

chambers, 1994
13%

 

 

Matamala and Drake (1999)

chambers, 1995
23%

 

 

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