Estimation of the Number of Sampling Points Required for the Determination of Soil CO2 Efflux in Two Types of Plantation in a Temperate Region

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Soil CO2 efflux can vary markedly in magnitude over both time and space, and understanding this
variation is crucial for the correct measurement of CO2 efflux in ecological studies. Although considerable research
has quantified temporal variability in this flux, comparatively little effort has focused on its spatial variability.
To account for spatial heterogeneity, we must be able to determine the number of sampling points
required to adequately estimate soil CO2 efflux in a target ecosystem. In this paper, we report the results of a
study of the number of sampling points required for estimating soil CO2 efflux using a closed-dynamic chamber
in young and old Japanese cedar plantations in central Japan. The spatial heterogeneity in soil CO2 efflux was
significantly higher in the mature plantation than in the young stand. In the young plantation, 95% of samples
of 9 randomly-chosen flux measurements from a population of 16 measurements made using 72-cm2 chambers
produced flux estimates within 20% of the full-population mean. In the mature plantation, 20 sampling points are
required to achieve means within ± 20% of the full-population mean (15 measurements) for 95% of the sample
dates. Variation in soil temperature and moisture could not explain the observed spatial variation in soil CO2
efflux, even though both parameters are a good predictor of temporal variation in CO2 efflux. Our results and
those of previous studies suggest that, on average, approximately 46 sampling points are required to estimate
the mean and variance of soil CO2 flux in temperate and boreal forests to a precision of ± 10% at the 95%
confidence level, and 12 points are required to achieve a precision of ± 20%.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Soil CO2 efflux can vary markedly in magnitude over both time and space, and understanding this
variation is crucial for the correct measurement of CO2 efflux in ecological studies. Although considerable research
has quantified temporal variability in this flux, comparatively little effort has focused on its spatial variability.
To account for spatial heterogeneity, we must be able to determine the number of sampling points
required to adequately estimate soil CO2 efflux in a target ecosystem. In this paper, we report the results of a
study of the number of sampling points required for estimating soil CO2 efflux using a closed-dynamic chamber
in young and old Japanese cedar plantations in central Japan. The spatial heterogeneity in soil CO2 efflux was
significantly higher in the mature plantation than in the young stand. In the young plantation, 95% of samples
of 9 randomly-chosen flux measurements from a population of 16 measurements made using 72-cm2 chambers
produced flux estimates within 20% of the full-population mean. In the mature plantation, 20 sampling points are
required to achieve means within ± 20% of the full-population mean (15 measurements) for 95% of the sample
dates. Variation in soil temperature and moisture could not explain the observed spatial variation in soil CO2
efflux, even though both parameters are a good predictor of temporal variation in CO2 efflux. Our results and
those of previous studies suggest that, on average, approximately 46 sampling points are required to estimate
the mean and variance of soil CO2 flux in temperate and boreal forests to a precision of ± 10% at the 95%
confidence level, and 12 points are required to achieve a precision of ± 20%.

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