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- Title
Carbon Dioxide Exchange of a Tropical Rain Forest. Part II.
- Authors
Lemon, E.; Allen Jr., L. H.; Müller, L.
- Abstract
The article cites a research which examines the carbon dioxide (CO2) exchange of a tropical rain forest in Bosque de Florencia in Turrialba, Costa Rica. The researchers have determined that the photosynthesis and respiration rates of a tropical rain forest are approximately 1/10 of the peak rates of temperate region forests as well as agricultural crops. The study also reveals that those rates agree with laboratory values of leaf photosynthesis and respiration. The similarity between the diurnal variation in carbon dioxide concentration of the bulk air and active terrestrial plant communities in temperate regions has likewise been observed.
- Subjects
TURRIALBA (Costa Rica); COSTA Rica; EFFECT of carbon dioxide on plants; RAIN forests; GAS exchange in plants; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT photorespiration; RESPIRATION in plants; CROPS; PLANT communities; PLANT ecology
- Publication
BioScience, 1970, Vol 20, Issue 19, p1054
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1295465