Quick Recovery of Carbon Dioxide Exchanges in a Burned Black Spruce Forest in Interior Alaska

H. Iwata; M. Ueyama; Y. Harazono; S. Tsuyuzaki; M. Kondo; M. Uchida

doi:10.2151/sola.2011-027

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Quick Recovery of Carbon Dioxide Exchanges in a Burned Black Spruce Forest in Interior Alaska

H. Iwata, M. Ueyama, Y. Harazono, S. Tsuyuzaki, M. Kondo, M. Uchida

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H. Iwata
International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
M. Ueyama
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
Y. Harazono
International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
S. Tsuyuzaki
Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University
M. Kondo
Division of Environmental Chemistry, National Institute for Environmental Studies
M. Uchida
Division of Environmental Chemistry, National Institute for Environmental Studies

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2011 Volume 7 Pages 105-108

DOI https://doi.org/10.2151/sola.2011-027

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Published: 2011 Received: April 22, 2011 Available on J-STAGE: July 06, 2011 Accepted: June 22, 2011 Advance online publication: - Revised: -

Abstract

Observations of carbon dioxide (CO₂) flux with the eddy covariance technique were conducted at a burned boreal forest site five years after a wildfire and at a mature forest site in Interior Alaska to investigate the effects of wildfire on CO₂ exchange in a boreal forest. Both gross primary productivity and ecosystem respiration were lower at the burned site. The lower amount of vegetation explains the lower gross primary productivity and ecosystem respiration at the burned site. The reduced soil organic layer at the burned site further explains the lower respiration. On an annual basis, the five-year-old burned site was a CO₂ sink, which indicated earlier recovery of CO₂ exchange compared to other burned boreal forests in North America reported in the literature. The quick recovery of net CO₂ exchange is associated with constrained heterotrophic respiration, rather than recovery of vegetation. Burn severity can be a key variable in determining CO₂ exchange during the early stage of succession after wildfire.

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