Dennis Baldocchi, Jianwu Tang & Liukang Xu Separation of ‘Autotrophic’ and ‘Heterotrophic’ Respiration in an Oak-Grass Savanna and their Link with Canopy Photosynthesis Dennis Baldocchi, Jianwu Tang & Liukang Xu Biometeorology Lab Dept Environmental Science, Policy and Mgt University of California, Berkeley CarboEurope, Crete, 2006
Outline Introduction Methods Results and Discussion Quantifying Roles of Lags, Pulses and Switches Objectives Methods Site Description Continuous Soil CO2 Measurements Flux-gradient measurements Results and Discussion Responses to temperature, rain pulses and photosynthetic activity Test with Eddy Covariance
Partitioning Soil Respiration: Principles Kuyzakov 2006
Measure Soil Temperature at the location of the source
Girdling Experiment of Hogberg et al. 2000
Experimental Treatments Under a Tree: ~Ra+Rh Open Grassland: ~Rh (summer)
Tonzi Ranch/Oak Savanna
Vaisala GMT 220
Continuous Soil Respiration with soil CO2 Sensors [CO2] must be corrected for temperature
Theory/Equations Moldrup et al. 1999 Fcp: fraction silt and sand; b: constant; f:porosity; e: air-filled pore space
Validation with Chambers
Validation with EC Gophers, moved probe d129
Results and Discussion
CO2 in the Soil: Between and Under a Tree
What Happens After Rain? Microbial Stimulation It occurs for 4 days, until the soil dries Evacuation of Pores cannot be sustained for several days
Effects of temperature, soil moisture, rain and photosynthesis on CO2 Efflux
When Does Root Respiration Initiate?: Prior, Coincident or After the Start of Photosynthesis Canopy Ps starts ~d80 Rauto starts ~d100
Temperature: hysteresis and lags
Why?: Respiration Lags Photosynthesis, v1: Hourly Scale
Continuous Measurements Enable Use of Inverse Fourier Transforms to Quantify Lag Times
Respiration Lags Photosynthesis, v2: Daily Scale
Biometeorology Team Liukang Xu Jianwu Tang Ted Hehn Funding: US DOE/TCP; WESTGEC/NIGEC; Kearney Soil Science Found.,Ca Ag Expt Station, AmeriFlux