[LTER-luq] Fwd: Final litterfall graph (until we add palms)

[Jess Zimmerman]

We have leaf litterfall from Bisley and from the "MRCE plots" to look at
1994.  Some of that is analyzed in the Beard et al. 2005 pub.  Sarah could
plot the 1994 data from both on the same graph to see if there was a
similar peak.

jess

Jess K. Zimmerman
Professor
Lead PI, Luquillo LTER Program
Department Environmental Sciences
University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

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On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Alan Covich <alanc at uga.edu> wrote:

> WOW! That is an amazing response (to drought?) indicating some type of
> threshold in soil moisture?
>
> Are data on light to see what the canopy is doing?
>
> Did you have leaf-fall data from before and after 1994 on the Big Grid?
>
> Alan
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Jess Zimmerman <jesskz at ites.upr.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> jess
>>
>> Jess K. Zimmerman
>> Professor
>> Lead PI, Luquillo LTER Program
>> Department Environmental Sciences
>> University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
>> Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
>>
>> Direct Office Line: 787-350-0350
>> Or: 787-764-0000 ext. 1-XXXX-# where XXXX is:
>>    LTER Program Office: 2867
>>    El Verde Field Station: 4381
>> Mobile: 787-380-3311
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Sarah Stankavich <sarahstankavich at gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 1:17 PM
>> Subject: Final litterfall graph (until we add palms)
>> To: Jess Zimmerman <jesskz at ites.upr.edu>
>>
>>
>> Here you go
>>
>> --
>> Sarah Stankavich
>> LUQ-LTER Coordinator
>> El Verde Field Station
>> 787-222-7756
>>
>>
>
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