Percent Photosynthesis (Net CO2 Exchange Rate) Increases for
300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:


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Acer saccharinum L. [Silver Maple]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
8
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
18.5%
 
 
 Standard Error
7.8%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Edwards and Norby (1999)

open-top chambers, 1995, ambient temperature
-3%

 

 

Edwards and Norby (1999)

open-top chambers, 1995, elevated temperature
6%

 

 

Edwards and Norby (1999)

open-top chambers, 1996, ambient temperature
12%

 

 

Edwards and Norby (1999)

open-top chambers, 1996, elevated temperature
26%

 

 

Karnosky et al. (2005)

Plants grown from the young seedling stage for three years under natural environmental conditions at the Aspen FACE site near Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA
0%

 

 

Karnosky et al. (2005)

Plants grown from the young seedling stage for four years under natural environmental conditions at the Aspen FACE site near Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA
0%

 

 

Sefcik et al. (2006)

Photosynthesis of light-saturated seedlings grown for two years in open-top chambers within a 90-year-old northern hardwood forest in Michigan (USA)
57%

 

 

Springer and Thomas (2007)

Photosynthesis of saplings of understory trees in September of the seventh year of the Duke Forest FACE experiment
 

 

 

Williams et al. (1986)

pots (8.2 liter)
50%

 

 

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