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

[Alan Covich]

That would be very useful...and LONG TERM! alan

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Jess Zimmerman <jesskz at ites.upr.edu> wrote:

> 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
>
> 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
>
> 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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