Fig. 8: Ecosystem carbon flux measurements over the course of the 28-day field qSIP tracer study at two successional sites along the chronosequence of the Marr Ice Piedmont glacier for both the control and warmed plots.
From: Rapid growth rate responses of terrestrial bacteria to field warming on the Antarctic Peninsula

ER ecosystem respiration, GEP Gross ecosystem productivity, NEE Net ecosystem exchange. GEP represents autotrophic activity. Positive NEE represents a carbon source to the atmosphere and negative NEE represents a carbon sink to the ecosystem. Error bars represent the standard error of the mean.