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Arable Lands

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An overview of carbon dioxide (CO2) exchange and soil respiration measurements is given for representative Hungarian agroecosystems. We present results of long-term atmosphere/biosphere CO2 exchange measurements carried out at the Hungarian tall tower site (Hegyhátsál). Tall tower net ecosystem exchange (NEE) measurements provided consistent estimates of landscape-wide carbon dioxide dynamics. During 1997–2008, the region mostly behaved as a net CO2 sink on annual scale. Year-round NEE was in the range of −352 ± 49 g C m−2 year−1 and 43 ± 9 g C m−2 year−1 (negative values indicate uptake). The measurements are representative to a mixture of arable lands with small contribution from other biome types. Effects of different soil tillage methods – applied in two long-term tillage experiments (Józsefmajor, Karcag) and in a peach orchard (Vác) – on soil CO2 emission are also introduced. Soil respiration rate highly depended on the depth of soil disturbance and on the date of the measurements; CO2 emissions measured immediately after tillage applications and during the vegetation period showed contradictory tendencies. Results obtained from a newly developed laboratory CO2 emission measurement method indicated strong coherences between soil carbon dioxide fluxes and soil water potential values.

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Tóth, E., Barcza, Z., Birkás, M., Gelybó, Gy., Zsembeli, J., Bottlik, L., Davis, K. J., Haszpra, L., Kern, A., Kljun, N., Koós, S., Kovács, Gy., Stingli, A., Farkas, Cs., 2010: Measurements and estimations of biosphere-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases – Arable lands. In: Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases: The Hungarian Perspective (Ed.: Haszpra, L.), pp. 157–197.

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Acknowledgments

Use of the TV-tower for EC measurements at Hegyhátsál is kindly provided by Antenna Hungária Corporation. The project was supported by the U.S.-Hungarian Scientific and Technological Joint Fund (J. F. no. 504), by the Hungarian National Research Fund (OTKA T23811, OTKA F026642, OTKA T32440, OTKA T42941, OTKA F047242, OTKA-NKTH CK77550), by the Hungarian Higher Education Support Program (FKFP-0168/1997), by the European Commission’s Fifth R&D Framework Programme (AEROCARB and CHIOTTO, contract no. EVK2-CT-1999-00013 and EVK2-CT-2002-00163), by the European Commission’s Sixth R&D Framework Programme (CARBOEUROPE-IP, contract no. GOCE-CT-2003-505572), and by the Hungarian State Eötvös Fellowship. Studies on soil respiration were supported by the Hungarian National Scientific Research Found (OTKA T62436; K6-0314; T048302), by the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture (OM-00381/2008) and by MEH-MTA No. VI.11 “Climate” project.

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  1. Bioforsk, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Frederik A. Dahlsvei 20, Ås, 1432, Norway

    Csilla Farkas

  2. Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1022, Budapest, Herman O. út 15., Hungary

    Eszter Tóth & Sándor Koós

  3. Department of Meteorology, Eötvös Loránd University, H-1117, Budapest, Pázmány P. s. 1/A, Hungary

    Zoltán Barcza, Györgyi Gelybó & Anikó Kern

  4. Institute of Crop Production, Szent István University, H-2103, Gödöllő, Páter K. u. 1., Hungary

    Márta Birkás, László Bottlik & Attila Stingli

  5. Karcag Research Institute, Research Institutes and Study Farm, Centre for Agricultural and Applied Economic Sciences, University of Debrecen, H-5300, Karcag, Kisújszállási út 166., Hungary

    József Zsembeli & Györgyi Kovács

  6. Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Kenneth J. Davis

  7. Hungarian Meteorological Service, H-1675, Budapest, 39, Hungary

    László Haszpra

  8. Adaptation to Climate Change Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1117, Budapest, Pázmány P. s. 1/A, Hungary

    Anikó Kern

  9. Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK

    Natascha Kljun

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Tóth, E. et al. (2011). Arable Lands. In: Haszpra, L. (eds) Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases: The Hungarian Perspective. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9950-1_8

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