Spatial patterns in carbon storage in a lake states' landscape

J. C. Bell; D. F. Grigal; P. C. Bates; C. A. Butler

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Spatial patterns in carbon storage in a lake states' landscape

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Authors:

J. C. Bell, D. F. Grigal, P. C. Bates, C. A. Butler

Year:

1996

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Hom, John; Birdsey, Richard; O'Brian, Kelly, eds. Proceedings 1995 meeting of the northern global change program; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-214. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 198-202.

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Abstract

We estimated total organic carbon storage (C -- kg m^-2) in biomass, forest floor, and soil for a gently undulating glacial outwash landscape in east-central Minnesota (45° 25'N, 93° 10'W). Abandoned agricultural tracts are common, and nearly 40 percent of the area is wet mineral or organic soil. Quantitative models based on 745 point-observations were used to define empirical relationships between C storage and landscape variables describing forest cover type and terrain characteristics. Exponential regressions for individual cover types explained from 31 to 70 percent (p

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 1995 meeting of the Northern Global Change Program; 1995 March 14-16; Pittsburgh, PA. : Introduction/Environmental Change

Citation

Bell, J. C.; Grigal, D. F.; Bates, P. C.; Butler, C. A. 1996. Spatial patterns in carbon storage in a lake states'' landscape. In: Hom, John; Birdsey, Richard; O''Brian, Kelly, eds. Proceedings 1995 meeting of the northern global change program; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-214. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 198-202.