Natural Sinks of CO2

1. Modeling Carbon Fluxes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305

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   2. The Response of Terrestrial C Storage to Climate Change: Modeling C Dynamics at Varying Temporal and Spatial Scales

      • T. M. Smith, J. F. Weishampel, H. H. Shugart, G. B. Bonan

      Pages 307-326

   3. Changes in C Storage by Terrestrial Ecosystems: How C-N Interactions Restrict Responses to CO2 and Temperature

      • E. B. Rastetter, R. B. McKane, G. R. Shaver, J. M. Melillo

      Pages 327-344

   4. Aspects of the Interaction Between Vegetation and Soil Under Global Change

      • W. M. Post, J. Pastor, A. W. King, W. R. Emanuel

      Pages 345-363

   5. The Transient Response of Vegetation to Climate Change: A Potential Source of CO2 to the Atmosphere

      • George A. King, Ronald P. Neilson

      Pages 365-383

   6. A Geographically-Based Ecosystem Model and Its Application to the Carbon Balance of the Luquillo Forest, Puerto Rico

      • Charles A. S. Hall, Marshall R. Taylor, Edwin Everham

      Pages 385-404

   7. Potential of Marine Macroalgae as a Sink for CO2: Constraints from a 3-D General Circulation Model of the Global Ocean

      • James C. Orr, Jorge L. Sarmiento

      Pages 405-421

   8. An Approach to Assessment of Management Impacts on Agricultural Soil Carbon

      • Thomas O. Barnwell Jr., Robert B. Jackson IV, Edward T. Elliott, Ingrid C. Burke, C. Vernon Cole, Keith Paustian et al.

      Pages 423-435

2. Natural Sinks of CO2 Workshop Summary — Technical Synthesis, Conclusions, Key Findings and Research Recommendations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 437-437

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   2. Natural Sinks of CO2: Technical Synthesis from the Palmas Del Mar Workshop

      • John P. Downing, Dominic A. Cataldo

      Pages 439-453

   3. Natural Sinks of CO2 Conclusions, Key Findings and Research Recommendations from the Palmas Del Mar Workshop

      • Ariel E. Lugo, Joe Wisniewski

      Pages 455-459

3. Back Matter

   Pages 461-466

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Most of the attention with respect to the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations centers around three issues: human-generated sources of carbon, mostly from burning fossil fuels; tropical deforestation, which accelerates the production of atmospheric carbon while causting havoc with biodiversity and the economic development of tropical countries; and the temperature increase that may accompany increased atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.
This is the first book to focus extensively on the reverse to emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), i.e. the sequestering of atmospheric carbon by aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Natural ecosystems are currently sequestering carbon and it is economically feasible to manage existing and additional terrestrial (forest, soil, saline land) and aquatic (coastal, wetland and ocean) ecosystems to substantially increase the level of carbon storage. The prospect of managing natural systems to absorb additional carbon should begin to change the mindset under which scientists, policy makers and society deal with the issue of further greenhouse gas increases.

• biodiversity
• carbon sink
• development
• production
• temperature
• climate change

• Wisniewski and Associates, Inc., Falls Church, USA

  Joe Wisniewski

• U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

  Ariel E. Lugo

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