1. Influence of plants on the atmospheric carbon monoxide
- Author
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H. Giehl and W. Seiler
- Subjects
chemistry.chemical_classification ,biology ,Ecology ,Analytical chemistry ,Monoxide ,biology.organism_classification ,World wide ,Vicia faba ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Vicia ,Geophysics ,chemistry ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Compounds of carbon ,Platanus acerifolia ,Radiant intensity ,Carbon monoxide - Abstract
A method has been developed for studies of the influence of plants on atmospheric carbon monoxide. The method has been used for extensive laboratory experiments with two plants, Vicia faba and Platanus acerifolia. The experiments show a light dependent CO-production by plants corresponding to an average production rate per cm/sup 2/ of leaf area of 3 x 10/sup -13/g/sec for a radiation intensity of 5 x 10/sup 4/erg/cm/sup 2/sec. Assuming this production rate to be representative of global conditions the world wide annual CO-production by plants is estimated to be 0.5 x 10/sup 14/g.
- Published
- 1977