Winter soil respiration is a very important component of the annual soil carbon flux in some ecosystems. We hypothesized that, with all other factors being equal, shorter winter SR result in reduced contribution to annual soil C flux. In this study, the contribution of winter soil respiration to annual soil respiration was measured for three sites (grassland: dominated by Artemisia sacrorum, Bo...

Temporary wetlands are short-term alternative ecosystems formed by flooding for irrigation of areas used for rice farming. The goal of this study is to describe the development cycle of rice fields as temporary wetlands in southern Brazil, evaluating how this process affect the gas production (CH4 and CO2) in soil with difference % carbon and organic matter content. Two areas adjacent to Lake M...

Decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM) plays an important role in the global carbon cycle because the CO2 emitted from soil respiration is an important source of atmospheric CO2. Carbon isotopic fractionation occurs during SOM decomposition, which leads to (12)C to enrich in the released CO2 while (13)C to enrich in the residual SOM. Understanding the isotope fractionation has been demonstr...

forest ecosystems and their optimal management can play effective roles in mitigating the carbon emission as well as absorbing the atmospheric carbon. the present research was carried out to determine the effects of 21 year old stands of cryptomeria japonica, cupressus sempervirens, pinus taeda, acer pseudo-platanu and mixed plantation and natural forest stands on sequestration of carbon in the...

Soils on the Mormon Trail have been compacted for over 150 years. Bulk density, carbon, and nitrogen samples were taken in 5-cm increments to 20 cm. Bulk density was determined using rings of known volume; total carbon and nitrogen with a LECO CHN-600. Total above ground biomass (AGB) samples were collected by clipping vegetation within a 0.25 m2 frame and were analyzed for carbon. Statistical ...

There is a need for accurate estimate of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks for understanding the role of alpine soils in the global carbon cycle. We tested a method for mapping digitally the continuous distribution of the SOC stock in three dimensions in the northeast of the Tibetan Plateau. The approach integrated the spatial distribution of the mattic epipedon which is a special surface horizo...

the present study aimed at estimating the amount of carbon storage and its relationship with other physical and chemical soil properties in four land-use systems including intact, protected, exploited and garden-uses areas in the northern zagros region in west azarbaijan province, iran. thirty sample plots were identified and within each plot, soil samples were taken in each land use and each s...

carbon sequestration in soil and plant biomass is the most simple and economic way for co2 decrease that is important in environment improvement. this research was done in miankaleh region of behshahr in mazandaran for comparison of carbon sequestration in different plant types. firstly, plant types were determined and dominant species was identified in each type. number and size of plots was o...

In the current study the biochar material was produced by the indigenous pyrolysis of prosopis wood material under high temperature and characterized. The impact of biochar on carbon and nutrient dynamics in soil was examined by conducting a laboratory closed incubation experiment. The biochar produced from prosopis was neutral in pH with an exchangeable acidity of 49 mmol kg. The cation exchan...