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


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Spartina patens [Saltmeadow Cordgrass]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
7
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
12.1%
 
 
 Standard Error
3.7%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Barlocher et al. (2003)

CO2 response curves of field-grown plants
12%

 

 

Erickson et al. (2013)

Photosynthesis of natural high-marsh community dominated by S. patens in a brackish sub-estuary on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay (USA), where the studied ecosystem had been enclosed within open-top chambers for a period of 19 years
11%

 

 

Li et al. (2010)

Photosynthesis of an S. olneyi community in a Chesapeake Bay (USA) wetland studied over a period of 12 years with open-top chambers within which net ecosystem CO2 exchange was measured between the hours of 1:00 and 3:00 pm in the months of July and August
10%

 

 

Marsh et al. (2005)

Open-top chamber study of a Chesapeake Bay brackish marsh community dominated by this C4 grass
11%

 

 

Rozema et al. (1991)

pots (0.5 liters)
7%

 

 

Ziska et al. (1990)

low light
0%

 

 

Ziska et al. (1990)

high light
34%

 

 

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