Soil Organic Matter Dynamics: A Cross-Ecosystem Approach

I would like to propose a 2-day meeting in 2010 bringing together scientists from any and all LTER sites interested in comparative soil organic matter analysis.

One day would be devoted entirely to planning cross-site comparative analyses and potential publications, and the other day would be devoted to discussions of the various tools and techniques that could and should be used for the questions posed.

Principal Investigator: 
Kate Lajtha
Competition Date: 
2009, October
Award Date: 
2009, December
Award Year: 
2010
Award Amount: 
$12,000
Number of Participants: 
14
Participants: 
Kate Lajtha (AND), Alain Plante, Knute Nadelhoffer (ARC), Serita Frey (HFR), Rich Conant (SGS), Heather Throop (JRN), Christy Goodale, Whendee Silver (LUQ), Rich Boone (BNZ), Sarah Hobbie (CDR), Jennifer Knoepp (CWT), and Phil Sollins, and we will send out a call for others to attend, perhaps under their own funding.
Related Materials
Related Documents: 
application/pdf iconBiogeochemistry. manuscript draft. lajthak.pdf
Related Links: 
ASM Working Group Webpage
Final Report: 
Final report (pdf)
Product: 
Publications:

1) The group planned comparative analyses on soils from the Harvard Forest DIRT plots that will result in a special issue of Biogeochemistry by 2013. (In Process).

Manuscripts:

2) Two papers are currently in preparation lead authors Heather Throop and Kim Townsend.

Proposal:

3)Bormann. “LTREB”.

Email: 
lajthak@science.oregonstate.edu