Aggregated estimation of basic parameters of biological production and carbon budget of Russian terrestrial ecosystems: 3. Biogeochemical carbon fluxes

Stolbovoi, V., Nilsson, S., Shvidenko, A.Z., & McCallum, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5812-9988 (2004). Aggregated estimation of basic parameters of biological production and carbon budget of Russian terrestrial ecosystems: 3. Biogeochemical carbon fluxes. Russian Journal of Ecology 35 (3) 150-155. 10.1023/B:RUSE.0000025964.54981.c7.

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Abstract

The biogeochemical cycle of organic carbon in Russian terrestrial ecosystems in 1990 is considered. Its components have been estimated as follows: net primary production, 4354 million metric tons of carbon (Mt C); annual amount of plant detritus, 3223 Mt C; heterotrophic soil respiration, 3214 Mt C; biomass utilization, 680 Mt C; damage to vegetation caused by fire and pests, 140 Mt C; and removal by surface and ground waters, 79 Mt C. Anthropogenically regulated fluxes of organic carbon (820 Mt C) are comparable to its amount involved in the natural cycle.

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