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Principal Investigator(s):
Ruth Yanai
Project Update (222kb .pdf)
Information concerning the distribution of sources of calcium (Ca) and the ability of tree species to access calcium is essential for predicting the sensitivity of forests across New York State to Ca depletion resulting from acidic deposition. The data accumulated through this project will provide a more accurate assessment of the likelihood that New York State forests will be adversely affected by the depletion of calcium and other exchangeable cations. In particular, this project seeks to:
- Describe the distribution of Ca-bearing minerals in soil and soil parent material;
- Assess the relative ability of important tree species to access Ca from various sources, including trace minerals; and
- Assess how changes in soil Ca content resulting from nitrogen deposition would affect the storage of carbon in soil.
Partners: University of Michigan
Downloads:
Project Update (222kb .pdf)
ME: Chain of Ponds, Osborne; NH: Bartlett Experimental Forest, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest; NY: Altamount, CH164, CH201, CH342, CH379, CH392, CH395, Day, Hopkinton, Old Squaw, Sand Pond, Wolf Pond; PA: Patterson Park, Tioga State Forest
Latitude/Longitude: (4kb .pdf)
Region(s): Statewide
County(ies): Cayuga, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Onondaga, Oswego, Saratoga, St. Lawrence County, Steuben, Tompkins; Franklin (ME), Hancock (ME); Carroll (NH), Grafton (NH); Tioga (PA), Potter (PA)
Sampled Medium(Media): soil, plant tissue
Analyte(s): aluminum, barium, calcium, carbon, iron, magnesium, manganese, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, rubidium, silicon, sodium, strontium, titanium, zirconium
Sampling Technolog(ies): Sequential digestion of soils, Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), multi-collector thermal ionization mass spectrometry
Sampling Frequency:
Total Costs: $210,132
NYSERDA Costs: $166,043
Funding Source(s): NYSERDA, SUNY ESF
Contract Initiated: January, 2005
Estimated Completion Date: December, 2007
Project Website:
Related EMEP Projects: Mitchell McGee 8646, Peter Murdoch 8644, Timothy Sullivan 7605
Related Link(s):
Ruth D. Yanai
Associate Professor
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
210 Marshall Hall
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2788
PH: (315) 470-6955
Email: rdyanai@mailbox.syr.edu
