Carbon Dioxide Effects Research and Assessment Program Carbon Balance in Northern Ecosystems and the Potential Effect of Carbon Dioxide Induced Climatic Change Report of a Workshop San Diego, California March 7-9, 1980

摘要

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGEnCurrent Areal Extents and Carbon Contents of Northern Ecosystem TypesnCurrent Carbon Accumulation Rat06 in Northern EcosystemsnFuture Carbon Accumulation Rates in Northern Ecosystems Based on Current Geographic Patterns of Temperature and Carbon ContentnFuture Vegetation Patterns and Carbon Accumulation Rates Based on Past Vegetation PatternsnFuture Carbon Accumulation Rates Based on Current Knowledge of Production and Decomposition ProcessesnImplications of Carbon Dioxide Induced Climatic Change on Animal Ecology and Socioccological Consequences in Northern EcosystemsnDISCUSSION OF THE STRUCTURE AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE NORTHERN ECOSYSTEMS CARBON SIMULATOR AND THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGEnObjectives and Background of the Northern Ecosystems Carbon SimulatornStructure of the Northern Ecosystems Carbon SimulatornSimulations and SensitivitynSummary of Current State of Knowledge and Its ImplicationsnHypotheses and Needs for Further Research