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http://dx.doi.org/10.5532/KJAFM.2010.12.4.264

A Review on Soil Respiration Measurement and Its Application in Korea  

Lee, Eun-Hye (Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Konkuk University)
Lim, Jong-Hwan (Division of Forest Ecology, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Lee, Jae-Seok (Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Konkuk University)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.12, no.4, 2010 , pp. 264-276 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to introduce the methods of soil respiration measurement, to review soil respiration studies conducted in Korea, and to suggest potential issues generated from using various methods for soil respiration measurement. According to the measurement principles, the methods of soil respiration measurements are classified as: alkali absorption method (AA), closed chamber method (CC), closed dynamic chamber method (CDC), and open flow method (OF). Based on the litereaure review on soil respiration studies in Korea, the CDC method was mostly used by the researchers (62%), followed by the AA (17%), OF (13%) and CC (8%) methods. Along with these methods, various instruments were used such as LI-6400-09, EGM-3, EGM-4, and automatic soil respiration chamber. Most of the soil respiration measurements were carried out in forest ecosystems and the reported soil respiration showed a wide range of variations from 130 to 900 mg $CO_2\;m^{-2}h^{-1}$. Continuous monitoring of soil respiration with minimal disturbance and the potential inconsistency in measurements are still the challenges facing the researchers, causing a paucity in quality datasets of sufficient quantity. Few attempts of intercomparison among different methods hinder the data users from synthetic analysis and assessment of the collected datasets. In order to better estimate soil carbon budget and understand their exchange mechanisms in key ecosystems of Korea, it is necessary to measure soil respiration at various plant functional types, soils, and climate conditions over a decadal time scale along with the study on the partitioning of soil respiration into autotrophic and heteorotrophic components.
Keywords
Soil respiration; Chamber method;
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