Journal of Agricultural Meteorology
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Carbon Dioxide Exchange over a Bornean Tropical Rainforest
Taku M. SAITOHTomo’omi KUMAGAIYoshinobu SATOMasakazu SUZUKI
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2005 Volume 60 Issue 5 Pages 553-556

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 Results from measurements of CO2 fluxes over one and half years at Lambir Hills National Park, in Sarawak, Malaysia (4°12’N, 114°02’E), are presented. The site is located in a lowland mixed-dipterocarp forest, a major type of Bornean tropical rainforest. We defined two dryness levels using the soil water content (SWC) in the 0-50 cm soil layer. The daytime average net ecosystem exchange (NEE) was -8.5 and -5.8 µmol m-2s-1 under the relative wet (SWC>125 mm) and dry (SWC≤125 mm) conditions, respectively. The response of instantaneous NEE (µmol m-2s-1) to variations in solar radiation (Sr; W m-2) and VPD (kPa) was assessed. Estimated Amax was -49.1±9.0 (95% confidence Interval) µmol m-2s-1 when SWC≤125 mm, while when SWC>125 mm Amax decreased to -71.7±18.4 µmol m-2s-1. Estimated Rd when SWC≤125 mm and SWC>125 mm were 8.1±1.6 and 9.3±1.8 µmol m-2s-1, respectively.
 The NEE was estimated to be -4.83 tC ha-1year-1 (sink) from eddy-covariance measurements. This value, however, might have been underestimated, because of incorrect measurements of night-time NEE under stable conditions. We adopted night-time NEE inferred by the interception of light response curve between NEE and Sr. The NEE corrected by this method was estimated to be 0.75 tC ha-1year-1 (source).

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