Soil respiration and the environment

• Main Authors: Luo, Yiqi, Zhou, Xuhui
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Academic Press 2006; Boston Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier; Elsevier Science & Technology; Academic Press
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Atmospheric carbon dioxide; Atmospheric carbon dioxide > Environmental aspects; Environmental aspects; Soil aeration; Soil aeration > Environmental aspects; Soil air; Soil air > Environmental aspects; Soil management; Soil management > Environmental aspects; Soil oxidation; Soil oxidation > Environmental aspects
• ISBN: 9780120887828; 0120887827
• DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-088782-8.X5000-1

The global environment is constantly changing and our planet is getting warmer at an unprecedented rate. The study of the carbon cycle, and soil respiration, is a very active area of research internationally because of its relationship to climate change. It is crucial for our understanding of ecosys...

Table of Contents:

• CHAPTER 8: Methods of Measurements and Estimations -- 8.1. METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEASUREMENT METHODS -- 8.2. CLOSED DYNAMIC CHAMBER (CDC) METHOD -- 8.3. OPEN DYNAMIC CHAMBER (ODC) METHOD -- 8.4. CLOSED STATIC CHAMBER (CSC) METHODS -- 8.5. GAS CHROMATOGRAPH (GC) -- 8.6. CHAMBER DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT -- 8.7. GAS-WELL (GW) METHOD -- 8.8. MISCELLANEOUS INDIRECT METHODS -- 8.9. METHOD COMPARISON -- CHAPTER 9: Separation of Source Components of Soil Respiration -- 9.1. EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATION METHODS -- 9.2. ISOTOPE METHODS -- 9.3. INFERENCE AND MODELING METHODS -- 9.4. ESTIMATED RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF DIFFERENT SOURCE COMPONENTS -- CHAPTER 10: Modeling Synthesis and Analysis -- 10.1. EMPIRICAL MODELS -- 10.2. CO2 PRODUCTION MODELS -- 10.3. CO2 PRODUCTION-TRANSPORT MODELS -- 10.4. MODELING SOIL RESPIRATION AT DIFFERENT SCALES -- 10.5. MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION -- APPENDIX: Commercial Systems and Homemade Chambers of Soil Respiration Measurement -- References -- Index -- Color Plate
• Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- PART I: Context -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction and Overview -- 1.1. DEFINITION AND INTRODUCTION -- 1.2. HISTORY OF RESEARCH -- 1.3. OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK -- CHAPTER 2: Importance and Roles of Soil Respiration -- 2.1. SOIL RESPIRATION AND ECOSYSTEM CARBON BALANCE -- 2.2. SOIL RESPIRATION AND NUTRIENT CYCLING -- 2.3. SOIL RESPIRATION AND REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CARBON CYCLING -- 2.4. SOIL RESPIRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- 2.5. SOIL RESPIRATION AND CARBON STORAGE AND TRADING -- PART II: Mechanisms -- CHAPTER 3: Processes of CO2 Production in Soil -- 3.1. BIOCHEMISTRY OF CO2 PRODUCTION PROCESSES -- 3.2. ROOT RESPIRATION -- 3.3. RHIZOSPHERE RESPIRATION WITH LABILE CARBON SUPPLY -- 3.4. LITTER DECOMPOSITION AND SOIL ORGANISMS -- 3.5. OXIDATION OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM) -- CHAPTER 4: Processes of CO2 Transport from Soil to the Atmosphere -- 4.1. CO2 TRANSPORT WITHIN SOIL -- 4.2. CO2 RELEASE AT THE SOIL SURFACE -- 4.3. CO2 TRANSFER IN PLANT CANOPY -- 4.4. CO2 TRANSPORT IN THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER -- PART III: Regulation -- CHAPTER 5: Controlling Factors -- 5.1. SUBSTRATE SUPPLY AND ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY -- 5.2. TEMPERATURE -- 5.3. SOIL MOISTURE -- 5.4. SOIL OXYGEN -- 5.5. NITROGEN -- 5.6. SOIL TEXTURE -- 5.7. SOIL PH -- 5.8. INTERACTIONS OF MULTIPLE FACTORS -- CHAPTER 6: Temporal and Spatial Variations in Soil Respiration -- 6.1. TEMPORAL VARIATION -- 6.2. SPATIAL PATTERNS -- 6.3. VARIATION ALONG GRADIENTS -- CHAPTER 7: Responses to Disturbances -- 7.1. ELEVATED CO2 CONCENTRATION -- 7.2. CLIMATIC WARMING -- 7.3. CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY -- 7.4. DISTURBANCES AND MANIPULATIONS OF SUBSTRATE SUPPLY -- 7.5. NITROGEN DEPOSITION AND FERTILIZATION -- 7.6. AGRICULTURAL CULTIVATION -- 7.7. INTERACTIVE AND RELATIVE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE FACTORS -- PART IV: Approaches