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Table 2 Summary of the seasonal and annual integrated carbon fluxes (NEE = net ecosystem exchange, GPP = gross primary production, ER = respiration; [g C m -2 (time unit) -1 ]) over the study sites, with their corresponding standard deviations (std)

From: Carbon dioxide fluxes from contrasting ecosystems in the Sudanian Savanna in West Africa

Variable

Sumbrungu

Kayoro

Nazinga Park

Value

std

Value

std

Value

std

Rainy season NEE

-11.8

0.5

-77.6

4.6

-501.2

38.9

Dry season NEE

139.5

10.8

185.6

12.3

113.9

6.4

Rainy season GPP

798.0

108.3

734.4

95.5

1385.0

193.4

Dry season GPP

76.0

11.8

46.9

6.4

340.6

57.1

Rainy season RE

786.3

102.8

656.8

87.1

883.4

114.0

Dry season RE

215.5

34.2

232.5

36.7

454.4

65.8

Annual NEE

127.8

7.2

108.0

5.5

-387.3

23.1

Annual GPP

874.0

17.8

781.3

15.8

1725.1

32.6

Annual ER

1001.8

19.0

889.3

16.5

1337.8

23.0