USGS Soil Carbon Research @ Menlo Park
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Soil classification map for Canada. Different colors represent different soil types. Click on this image for the Canadian Soil Information System website. |
FIRES-ExB What is the role of the boreal forest in the global C budget? This question prompted NASA's BOREAS (BOReal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study and was conceptually extended to address one of the most fundamental processes in boreal forests - wildfire - and its effects on ecosystem dynamics. As a result, the FIRES-ExB project was funded by the NSF Biocomplexity Program (Stith Gower, PI) to study this issue in the region near Thompson, Manitoba. Seven eddy flux towers were set in place to measure energy and carbon dioxide budgets on seven stand ages.At the USGS, our objective was to quantify carbon inputs, losses, and net accumulation in soil and detritus pools for well- and poorly-drained black spruce forests. In close collaboration with Hugo Veldhuis (Natural Resources Canada) and Susan Trumbore (UC Irvine), we quantified:
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