Plant‐Soil Processes in Eriophorum Vaginatum Tussock Tundra in Alaska: A Systems Modeling Approach

The Arctic Tundra Simulator (ARTUS) is a computer—based simulation model of Eriophorum vaginatum tussock tundra ecosystems found in north central Alaska. ARTUS simulates the annual patterns of heat and water balance, carbon fixation, plant growth, and nitrogen and phosphorus cycling. ARTUS runs in 1...

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description The Arctic Tundra Simulator (ARTUS) is a computer—based simulation model of Eriophorum vaginatum tussock tundra ecosystems found in north central Alaska. ARTUS simulates the annual patterns of heat and water balance, carbon fixation, plant growth, and nitrogen and phosphorus cycling. ARTUS runs in 1—d time steps for a growing season from 1 May to 17 September and is intended to run for several years. The abiotic section of ARTUS encodes the seasonal input of the environmental driving variables and calculates the resultant thermal and water regimes to define the heat and water environments for the tussock tundra system. The primary driving variables are daily total solar radiation, air temperature, precipitation, surface albedo, wind, and sky conditions. The soil compartment contains three organic horizons, which are recognized by their state of physical and chemical decomposition, and one mineral horizon. Six vascular plant species and four moss species are simulated. The model has seven compartments for each vascular plant species: total nonstructural carbohydrates, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, leaves grown in the current season, leaves grown in previous years, conducting and storage stems plus roots, and absorbing roots. In ARTUS the functional unit of the plant is the shoot system or ramet. Each shoot system consists of leaves, stems, fine roots (which do not have secondary growth and have a limited life—span), and larger roots, which have secondary growth and an extended life—span. Although plant processes are based on individual shoots, the ARTUS model as a whole is based on a square metre of ground. Values per square metre are calculated from the values per shoot by multiplying by the shoot density of each species. The model was validated by comparing calculated and measured peak season biomasses and nutrient contents, and the seasonal progression of environmental processes, biomass, carbohydrate contents, and nutrient contents. ARTUS successfully simulated the seasonality of the physical environment, but simulated thaw depths were deeper than those measured at all sites. The simulated value for total vascular plant production was 77% of the measured value. The simulated values for ecosystem respiration for Eagle Creek were within the range of measured values. Simulations with ARTUS indicated different patterns of growth and different storage—carbohydrate levels in deciduous shrubs, evergreen shrubs, and graminoids. The simulated seasonal course
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Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
ARCTIC REGIONS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
Biological and medical sciences
CARBON
CLIMATES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY BUDGETS
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Eriophorum vaginatum
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
GROWTH
LEAVES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MINERAL CYCLING
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
PHOSPHORUS
PLANT GROWTH
PLANTS
POLAR REGIONS
RADIATIONS
ROOTS
SIMULATION
SOILS
Synecology
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
TUNDRA
VISIBLE RADIATION
WIND
title Plant‐Soil Processes in Eriophorum Vaginatum Tussock Tundra in Alaska: A Systems Modeling Approach
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