<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Yes, from what I understand, 13C could be informative.<div><br></div><div>BUT, I know for soils they can’t be oven dried for stable carbon isotope analyses - what about leaf litter?</div><div><br></div><div>Jean<br><div><div>On Aug 10, 2015, at 12:16 AM, Xiaoming Zou <<a href="mailto:xzou2011@gmail.com">xzou2011@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">I believe that the key measurement missions is water evapotranspiration rate. Along with it is the stomatal cell closure dynamics. Another variable is 13C of plant leaves. --Xiaoming</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Jess Zimmerman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jesskz@ites.upr.edu" target="_blank">jesskz@ites.upr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>To contribute to our discussions going on, I pass along the litterfall graph that Sarah prepared that compares litterfall YTD vs. the averages since the CTE started in 2002. There was an immense amount during one single fortnight in May. It was so much that it took all the staff to collect it all. I spoke to John Bithorn yesterday and he told me he was many species, not just a few, that contributed to the peak. We'll keep you posted as more data are added. We are also analyzing the data set on palm litter, too.</div><div><br></div><div>jess</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jess K. Zimmerman<br>Professor</div><div>Lead PI, Luquillo LTER Program<br>Department Environmental Sciences<br>University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras<br>Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico<br><br><span>Direct Office Line: <a href="tel:787-350-0350" value="+17873500350" target="_blank">787-350-0350</a></span><br>Or: <a href="tel:787-764-0000%20ext.%201" value="+17877640000" target="_blank">787-764-0000 ext. 1</a>-XXXX-# where XXXX is:<br> LTER Program Office: 2867<br> El Verde Field Station: 4381<br></div><div></div><div>Mobile: <a href="tel:787-380-3311" value="+17873803311" target="_blank">787-380-3311</a></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Sarah Stankavich</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sarahstankavich@gmail.com" target="_blank">sarahstankavich@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 1:17 PM<br>Subject: Final litterfall graph (until we add palms)<br>To: Jess Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:jesskz@ites.upr.edu" target="_blank">jesskz@ites.upr.edu</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">Here you go<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Sarah Stankavich<br>LUQ-LTER Coordinator<br></div>El Verde Field Station<br><a href="tel:787-222-7756" value="+17872227756" target="_blank">787-222-7756</a><br></div></div></div>
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