Articles | Volume 15, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4561-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4561-2018
Research article
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26 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 26 Jul 2018

Patterns of longer-term climate change effects on CO2 efflux from biocrusted soils differ from those observed in the short term

Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Sasha C. Reed, Edmund E. Grote, and Jayne Belnap

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (12 Apr 2018) by Paul Stoy
AR by Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi on behalf of the Authors (24 May 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 Jun 2018) by Paul Stoy
AR by Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi on behalf of the Authors (16 Jul 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (17 Jul 2018) by Paul Stoy
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Biocrusts are photosynthetic communities on the surface of many desert soils. We investigated the response of biocrusts and the soil beneath them (including plant roots) to 9 years of simulated warming and changing precipitation patterns. We monitored the exchange of carbon between soil and atmosphere using automated chambers. As plants and biocrusts responded negatively to the treatments, we saw reduced photosynthesis in biocrusts but variable overall carbon exchange over 9 years.
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