Question 1 Is this forest growing and sequestering carbon or is it releasing more carbon into the atmosphere?

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Dynamics of the monthly gross primary production (GPP), ecosystem respiration (Re), and net
ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) amounts during the two sequential years (2015-2016) in the headwater
wetland ecosystem of Qinghai Lake.
I
You can use NEP = GPP - Re.
Month 1
GPP
0
RE
30
NEP
-30
Total NEP = 40
2
30
30
-30
3
0
30
-30
4
0
40
-40
5
25
115
-90
6
210
115
60
7
300
180
120
8
350
220
130
9
160
150
10
10
0
50
-50
11
0
5
-5
12
0
5
-5
Question 1 Is this forest growing and sequestering carbon or is it releasing more carbon into the
atmosphere?
Question 2: Hypothetically, this forest had a historic population of anadromous salmon that are now
extinct. How would the figure above change (i.e. which factors and which months), if the salmon
population was restored (*hint: what would salmon provide to the forest, how would that impact the
various factors of productivity?)
Transcribed Image Text:Dynamics of the monthly gross primary production (GPP), ecosystem respiration (Re), and net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) amounts during the two sequential years (2015-2016) in the headwater wetland ecosystem of Qinghai Lake. I You can use NEP = GPP - Re. Month 1 GPP 0 RE 30 NEP -30 Total NEP = 40 2 30 30 -30 3 0 30 -30 4 0 40 -40 5 25 115 -90 6 210 115 60 7 300 180 120 8 350 220 130 9 160 150 10 10 0 50 -50 11 0 5 -5 12 0 5 -5 Question 1 Is this forest growing and sequestering carbon or is it releasing more carbon into the atmosphere? Question 2: Hypothetically, this forest had a historic population of anadromous salmon that are now extinct. How would the figure above change (i.e. which factors and which months), if the salmon population was restored (*hint: what would salmon provide to the forest, how would that impact the various factors of productivity?)
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