ESSCOSMOS/2009:FieldSampling

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COSMOS Summer 2009:

Global Change Chemistry & Biology

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Objectives

  • Provide overview: community garden biogeochemistry as a case study of land use change
  • Compare and contrast adjacent unmanaged and managed ecosystems
    • Homework assignment 1 due Wed: write for 15 minutes without editing and then summarize in a paragraph)
  • Map garden and adjacent land using GIS and measuring tapes
  • Estimate percent cover of each species in each plot
  • Estimate percent cover in 10 x 10 m2 plots around the garden

Background

Materials

Methods

Plants

aboveground biomass

belowground biomass

Soils

soil core

soil moisture

soil temperature