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A CO2 Concentration Gradient Facility for Testing CO2 Enrichment and Soil Effects on Grassland Ecosystem Function
Published on: November 21, 2015
[Carbon sequestration characteristics of typical temperate natural grasslands in Ningxia, China]
Bo Ji1,2,3, Ying-Zhong Xie1, Jian-Long He2,3
1College of Agriculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China.
Abstract:
To accurately estimate ecosystem carbon storage of natural grassland in Ningxia, we examined ecosystem carbon storage in four types of typical temperate natural grasslands, including meadow steppe, warm steppe, steppe desert, and desert steppe in Ningxia. The results showed that the total vegetation biomass of meadow steppe, warm steppe, steppe desert and desert steppe were 1178.91, 481.22, 292.80 and 209.09 g·m-2, respectively. Root biomass was the main component of total vegetation biomass of meadow steppe and warm steppe, with a contribution of 73.1% and 56.6%, respectively. Aboveground biomass was the main component of total vegetation biomass of steppe desert and desert steppe, accounting for 50.3% and 47.6%, respectively. Litter made low contribution, being 8.5%, 8.0%, 6.4% and 16.2%, respectively. Ecosystem carbon storage of four typical natural grassland was 13.90, 5.94, 2.69 and 2.37 kg·m-2, vegetation carbon storage was 470.26, 192.23, 117.17 and 83.36 g·m-2, and soil organic carbon storage in 0-40 cm layers were 13.43, 5.75, 2.58 and 2.29 kg·m-2, respectively. Soil organic carbon storage was the main body of the total carbon storage of four typical natural grassland in Ningxia, accounting for 96.6%, 96.8%, 95.6% and 96.5%, respectively. The total vegetation biomass, vegetation carbon storage, soil organic carbon storage and ecosystem carbon storage of four natural grassland types were in the order of meadow steppe>warm steppe>steppe desert>desert steppe.
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