Reconciling carbon-cycle processes from ecosystem to global scales

Ashley P. Ballantyne; Zhihua Liu; William R.L. Anderegg; Zicheng Yu; Paul Stoy; Ben Poulter; Joseph Vanderwall; Jennifer Watts; Kathy Kelsey; Jason Neff

doi:10.1002/fee.2296

Reconciling carbon-cycle processes from ecosystem to global scales

Ashley P. Ballantyne, Zhihua Liu, William R.L. Anderegg, Zicheng Yu, Paul Stoy, Ben Poulter, Joseph Vanderwall, Jennifer Watts, Kathy Kelsey, Jason Neff

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

16 Scopus citations

Abstract

Understanding carbon (C) dynamics from ecosystem to global scales remains a challenge. Although expansion of global carbon dioxide (CO₂) observatories makes it possible to estimate C-cycle processes from ecosystem to global scales, these estimates do not necessarily agree. At the continental US scale, only 5% of C fixed through photosynthesis remains as net ecosystem exchange (NEE), but ecosystem measurements indicate that only 2% of fixed C remains in grasslands, whereas as much as 30% remains in needleleaf forests. The wet and warm Southeast has the highest gross primary productivity and the relatively wet and cool Midwest has the highest NEE, indicating important spatial mismatches. Newly available satellite and atmospheric data can be combined in innovative ways to identify potential C loss pathways to reconcile these spatial mismatches. Independent datasets compiled from terrestrial and aquatic environments can now be combined to advance C-cycle science across the land–water interface.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	57-65
Number of pages	9
Journal	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2296
State	Published - Feb 2021

Funding

Publication of this Special Issue was funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF award number DEB 1928375). APB was supported by the NSF Macrosystems Biology Program (1802810). ZL acknowledges support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41922006) and the KC Wong Education Foundation. PS acknowledges support from NSF (1552976, 1632810, 1702029) and the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Hatch project 228396. WRLA was supported by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, NSF grants 1714972 and 1802880, and the USDA NIFA Agricultural and Food Research Initiative Competitive Program, Ecosystem Services and Agro‐ecosystem Management (2018‐67019‐27850). BP acknowledges support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Terrestrial Ecology Program.

Funders	Funder number
DEB 1928375, 1632810
David and Lucile Packard Foundation	2018‐67019‐27850
1802810, 1802880, 1714972
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
228396
National Natural Science Foundation of China	41922006
1552976, 1702029

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1002/fee.2296

Cite this

@article{93f2ac4f44b74f15953432c64e1fd59f,

title = "Reconciling carbon-cycle processes from ecosystem to global scales",

abstract = "Understanding carbon (C) dynamics from ecosystem to global scales remains a challenge. Although expansion of global carbon dioxide (CO2) observatories makes it possible to estimate C-cycle processes from ecosystem to global scales, these estimates do not necessarily agree. At the continental US scale, only 5\% of C fixed through photosynthesis remains as net ecosystem exchange (NEE), but ecosystem measurements indicate that only 2\% of fixed C remains in grasslands, whereas as much as 30\% remains in needleleaf forests. The wet and warm Southeast has the highest gross primary productivity and the relatively wet and cool Midwest has the highest NEE, indicating important spatial mismatches. Newly available satellite and atmospheric data can be combined in innovative ways to identify potential C loss pathways to reconcile these spatial mismatches. Independent datasets compiled from terrestrial and aquatic environments can now be combined to advance C-cycle science across the land–water interface.",

author = "Ballantyne, \{Ashley P.\} and Zhihua Liu and Anderegg, \{William R.L.\} and Zicheng Yu and Paul Stoy and Ben Poulter and Joseph Vanderwall and Jennifer Watts and Kathy Kelsey and Jason Neff",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 The Authors. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of the Ecological Society of America.",

year = "2021",

month = feb,

doi = "10.1002/fee.2296",

language = "English",

volume = "19",

pages = "57--65",

journal = "Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment",

issn = "1540-9295",

publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Reconciling carbon-cycle processes from ecosystem to global scales

AU - Ballantyne, Ashley P.

AU - Liu, Zhihua

AU - Anderegg, William R.L.

AU - Yu, Zicheng

AU - Stoy, Paul

AU - Poulter, Ben

AU - Vanderwall, Joseph

AU - Watts, Jennifer

AU - Kelsey, Kathy

AU - Neff, Jason

PY - 2021/2

Y1 - 2021/2

N2 - Understanding carbon (C) dynamics from ecosystem to global scales remains a challenge. Although expansion of global carbon dioxide (CO2) observatories makes it possible to estimate C-cycle processes from ecosystem to global scales, these estimates do not necessarily agree. At the continental US scale, only 5% of C fixed through photosynthesis remains as net ecosystem exchange (NEE), but ecosystem measurements indicate that only 2% of fixed C remains in grasslands, whereas as much as 30% remains in needleleaf forests. The wet and warm Southeast has the highest gross primary productivity and the relatively wet and cool Midwest has the highest NEE, indicating important spatial mismatches. Newly available satellite and atmospheric data can be combined in innovative ways to identify potential C loss pathways to reconcile these spatial mismatches. Independent datasets compiled from terrestrial and aquatic environments can now be combined to advance C-cycle science across the land–water interface.

AB - Understanding carbon (C) dynamics from ecosystem to global scales remains a challenge. Although expansion of global carbon dioxide (CO2) observatories makes it possible to estimate C-cycle processes from ecosystem to global scales, these estimates do not necessarily agree. At the continental US scale, only 5% of C fixed through photosynthesis remains as net ecosystem exchange (NEE), but ecosystem measurements indicate that only 2% of fixed C remains in grasslands, whereas as much as 30% remains in needleleaf forests. The wet and warm Southeast has the highest gross primary productivity and the relatively wet and cool Midwest has the highest NEE, indicating important spatial mismatches. Newly available satellite and atmospheric data can be combined in innovative ways to identify potential C loss pathways to reconcile these spatial mismatches. Independent datasets compiled from terrestrial and aquatic environments can now be combined to advance C-cycle science across the land–water interface.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85100142222

U2 - 10.1002/fee.2296

DO - 10.1002/fee.2296

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85100142222

SN - 1540-9295

VL - 19

SP - 57

EP - 65

JO - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

JF - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

IS - 1

ER -

Reconciling carbon-cycle processes from ecosystem to global scales

Abstract

Funding

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this