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Question 1 Is this forest growing and sequestering carbon or is it releasing more carbon into the atmosphere?

Question 1 Is this forest growing and sequestering carbon or is it releasing more carbon into the atmosphere?

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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Dynamics of the monthly gross primary production (GPP), ecosystem respiration (Re), and net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) amounts during the two sequential years (2015-2016) in the headwater wetland ecosystem of Qinghai Lake. I You can use NEP = GPP - Re. Month 1 GPP 0 RE 30 NEP -30 Total NEP = 40 2 30 30 -30 3 0 30 -30 4 0 40 -40 5 25 115 -90 6 210 115 60 7 300 180 120 8 350 220 130 9 160 150 10 10 0 50 -50 11 0 5 -5 12 0 5 -5 Question 1 Is this forest growing and sequestering carbon or is it releasing more carbon into the atmosphere? Question 2: Hypothetically, this forest had a historic population of anadromous salmon that are now extinct. How would the figure above change (i.e. which factors and which months), if the salmon population was restored (*hint: what would salmon provide to the forest, how would that impact the various factors of productivity?)
Transcribed Image Text:Dynamics of the monthly gross primary production (GPP), ecosystem respiration (Re), and net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) amounts during the two sequential years (2015-2016) in the headwater wetland ecosystem of Qinghai Lake. I You can use NEP = GPP - Re. Month 1 GPP 0 RE 30 NEP -30 Total NEP = 40 2 30 30 -30 3 0 30 -30 4 0 40 -40 5 25 115 -90 6 210 115 60 7 300 180 120 8 350 220 130 9 160 150 10 10 0 50 -50 11 0 5 -5 12 0 5 -5 Question 1 Is this forest growing and sequestering carbon or is it releasing more carbon into the atmosphere? Question 2: Hypothetically, this forest had a historic population of anadromous salmon that are now extinct. How would the figure above change (i.e. which factors and which months), if the salmon population was restored (*hint: what would salmon provide to the forest, how would that impact the various factors of productivity?)
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