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Impact of Ecosystem Respiration on Carbon Balance in a Semi-Evergreen Forest of Northeast India


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1 Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur 784 028, India
2 Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune 411 008, India
3 Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, India
4 Prince of Wales Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jorhat 785 001, India
 

We have estimated in this study the annual net ecosystem productivity (NEP) of Kaziranga National Park by using real-time eddy covariance data. We partitioned the net CO2 flux into gross primary productivity and ecosystem respiration (Re) using standardized method. Estimated annual NEP of the ecosystem 92.93 ± 1.7 g C m–2 year–1 indicated that the forest is a moderate sink of CO2 and is reported for the first time from a forest of Northeast India.

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Eddy Covariance, Gross Primary Productivity, Net Ecosystem Productivity.
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Authors

Dipankar Sarma
Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur 784 028, India
Kushal Kumar Baruah
Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur 784 028, India
Supriyo Chakraborty
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune 411 008, India
Anand Karipot
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, India
Rulee Baruah
Prince of Wales Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jorhat 785 001, India

Abstract


We have estimated in this study the annual net ecosystem productivity (NEP) of Kaziranga National Park by using real-time eddy covariance data. We partitioned the net CO2 flux into gross primary productivity and ecosystem respiration (Re) using standardized method. Estimated annual NEP of the ecosystem 92.93 ± 1.7 g C m–2 year–1 indicated that the forest is a moderate sink of CO2 and is reported for the first time from a forest of Northeast India.

Keywords


Eddy Covariance, Gross Primary Productivity, Net Ecosystem Productivity.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv116%2Fi5%2F751-757