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

[Sarah Stankavich]

Regarding the canopy light, a volunteer just finished taking canopy photos
from March to June from all the seedling plots in the LFDP. I am also
scheduled to take a set of canopy photos in the CTE plots after I get back
from ASM.

Sarah

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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Sarah Stankavich
LUQ-LTER Coordinator
El Verde Field Station
787-222-7756
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