Carbon balance of citrus plantations in Eastern Spain.

Highlights: [•] The carbon assimilation of representative citrus plantations in Eastern Spain was estimated. [•] Our plantation was responsible for a net carbon fixation rate of higher than 10MgCha−1 yr−1. [•] Leaf assimilatory processes mainly determined the annual pattern of C sequestration. [•] Under typical culture conditions, soil respiration rates accounted for low C losses. [•] The results of this study are relevant to climate change mitigation. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]