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Nature 455, 383-386 (18 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/nature07296;
Received 7 November 2007; Accepted 29 July 2008
Prolonged suppression of ecosystem carbon dioxide uptake after an anomalously warm yearJohn A. Arnone III1, Paul S. J. Verburg1, Dale W. Johnson2, Jessica D. Larsen1, Richard L. Jasoni1, Annmarie J. Lucchesi1, Candace M. Batts1, Christopher von Nagy1, William G. Coulombe1, David E. Schorran1, Paul E. Buck1, Bobby H. Braswell3, James S. Coleman4, Rebecca A. Sherry5, Linda L. Wallace5, Yiqi Luo5 & David S. Schimel6
Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada 89512, USA
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
Office of Research and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, USA
Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Correspondence to: John A. Arnone III1 Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to J.A.A. III (Email: jarnone@dri.edu).
Terrestrial ecosystems control carbon dioxide fluxes to and from the atmosphere1, 2 through photosynthesis and respiration, a balance between net primary productivity and heterotrophic respiration, that determines whether an ecosystem is sequestering carbon or releasing it to the atmosphere. Global1, 3, 4, 5 and site-specific6 data sets have demonstrated that climate and climate variability influence biogeochemical processes that determine net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange (NEE) at multiple timescales. Experimental data necessary to quantify impacts of a single climate variable, such as temperature anomalies, on NEE and carbon sequestration of ecosystems at interannual timescales have been lacking. This derives from an inability of field studies to avoid the confounding effects of natural intra-annual and interannual variability in temperature and precipitation. Here we present results from a four-year study using replicate 12,000-kg intact tallgrass prairie monoliths located in four 184-m3 enclosed lysimeters7. We exposed 6 of 12 monoliths to an anomalously warm year in the second year of the study8 and continuously quantified rates of ecosystem processes, including NEE. We find that warming decreases NEE in both the extreme year and the following year by inducing drought that suppresses net primary productivity in the extreme year and by stimulating heterotrophic respiration of soil biota in the subsequent year. Our data indicate that two years are required for NEE in the previously warmed experimental ecosystems to recover to levels measured in the control ecosystems. This time lag caused net ecosystem carbon sequestration in previously warmed ecosystems to be decreased threefold over the study period, compared with control ecosystems. Our findings suggest that more frequent anomalously warm years9, a possible consequence of increasing anthropogenic carbon dioxide levels10, may lead to a sustained decrease in carbon dioxide uptake by terrestrial ecosystems.
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