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Trends in organic matter in baldcypress swamps of the southeastern United States: 2007-2011

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Publication Date
Time Period
2007
Time Period
2012

Citation

Middleton, B.A., and Anemaet, E.R., 2019, Trends in organic matter in baldcypress swamps of the southeastern United States: 2007-2011: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P99IF42C.

Summary

A better understanding of the potential of climate change to affect carbon dynamics in wetlands can be gained through the study of plant decomposition and soil organic matter trends across continental gradients. This study from 2007 and 2011 examines patterns of wood, leaf and cloth decomposition, as well as soil organic matter storage in Taxodium distichum (T. distichum) swamps along the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley (MRAV) and the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in North America.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Beth A Middleton
Originator :
Beth A Middleton, Evelyn R Anemaet
Metadata Contact :
Evelyn R Anemaet
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Cloth_data.csv 26.33 KB text/csv
Litter_data.csv 21.58 KB text/csv
Soil OM_data.csv 55.46 KB text/csv
TADI_Trends_OM_metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		40.34 KB application/fgdc+xml

Purpose

The objective of this study is to observe the patterns of litter decomposition and soil organic matter accumulation across geographical gradients of T. distichum swamps, to determine if these patterns could be influenced by factors related to climate change (e.g., precipitation, flooding regime, temperature, salinity, photodegradation).

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P99IF42C

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