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Improving the representation of slow carbon processes in ecosystem models
Theresa Meacham
Principal supervisor: Mat Williams
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Portsmouth
Oxford
Edinburgh
Theresa Meacham
Isle of Sheppey
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Improving the representation of slow carbon processes in ecosystem models
Atmospheric CO2
Foliage Wood
Root Litter SOM / Wood
Assimilation / Photosynthesis
Autotrophic respiration
Heterotrophic respiration
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Supervisors
Edinburgh•Mat Williams•John Grace
York•Phil Ineson•Andreas Heinemeyer
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The Plan…
1. Modelling of soil carbon processes Existing data sets (Alice Holt and Wheldrake) Soil respiration chambers at Griffin Forest
2. Modelling of a closed system Ecotron at Silwood Park
3. Above ground influences Stand Age Forest Composition Fertilisation effects of N2 and CO2
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Arima Valley-Nothern Range, Trinidad