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


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Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. [Saltmeadow Cordgrass]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
9
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
9.7%
 
 
 Standard Error
4.9%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Curtis et al. (1989)

field
0%

 

 

Curtis et al. (1990)

field
11%

 

 

Dakora and Drake (2000)

open-top chambers, shoot
39%

 

 

Dakora and Drake (2000)

open-top chambers, root and rhizomes
7%

 

 

Dakora and Drake (2000)

open-top chambers, total biomass
25%

 

 

Drake et al. (1989)

field
0%

 

 

Erickson et al. (2007)

Plants in a Chesapeake Bay tidal wetland grown under natural conditions for 18 years in open-top chambers
0%

 

 

Marsh et al. (2005)

Belowground biomass from an open-top chamber study of a Chesapeake Bay brackish marsh community dominated by this C4 grass
18%

 

 

Matamala and Drake (1999)

chambers
-13%

 

 

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