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Linking Soil Moisture And Carbon-Cycle Processes In Two Understudied Terrestrial Ecosystems: Ecuadorian Páramo Grasslands And Constructed Agricultural Wetlands, Julie Yvette Mcknight
Linking Soil Moisture And Carbon-Cycle Processes In Two Understudied Terrestrial Ecosystems: Ecuadorian Páramo Grasslands And Constructed Agricultural Wetlands, Julie Yvette Mcknight
Doctoral Dissertations
A better understanding of soil-water interactions and associated feedbacks in carbon-cycle processes is necessary for addressing knowledge gaps in the global carbon budget. This doctoral dissertation research investigated soil carbon-cycle processes in two ecosystems, Ecuadorian páramos and constructed agricultural wetlands, which are understudied in terrestrial carbon research. These sites represent ecosystems where land-use induced changes in soil moisture were expected to play an important role in soil carbon processes.
Soil carbon dioxide (CO2) flux and extracellular enzyme (EE) activities were measured to assess changes in soil carbon processes in soil from four types of land use in Ecuadorian …