Carbon Pools, Dynamics and Budget of the Bruce Peninsula

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dc.contributor.advisorBello, Richard L.
dc.contributor.authorBao, Kathleen
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-18T17:53:46Z
dc.date.available2024-03-18T17:53:46Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-16
dc.date.updated2024-03-16T10:54:48Z
dc.degree.disciplineGeography
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractThe northern Bruce Peninsula is a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, contains the largest continuous forest in Southern Ontario and is a hotspot for biodiversity. However, there is little research done on the carbon pools, their dynamics and the soil carbon budget. A more comprehensive understanding of the processes regulating the uptake and release of carbon dioxide with the atmosphere is needed. This thesis aims to 1) quantify how much carbon is stored in aboveground biomass, soil, roots, litter, and deadwood pools, 2) understand how the carbon moves between these pools and 3) estimate the annual rate of change of the soil carbon budget. Using a LICOR LI8100, measuring soil respiration at 15-minute intervals over the course of two years, the amount of carbon released by heterotrophic (Rh) and autotrophic (Ra) respiration, was determined for litter and soil separately.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41863
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectEnvironmental science
dc.subjectPhysical geography
dc.subject.keywordsCarbon pools
dc.subject.keywordsCarbon dynamics
dc.subject.keywordsAboveground pool
dc.subject.keywordsBelowground pool
dc.subject.keywordsRoots
dc.subject.keywordsLitter pool
dc.subject.keywordsAnnual leaf fall rate
dc.subject.keywordsSoil carbon
dc.subject.keywordsCN ratio
dc.subject.keywordsSoil carbon budget
dc.subject.keywordsBiodiversity
dc.subject.keywordsHeterotrophic respiration
dc.subject.keywordsAutotrophic respiration
dc.subject.keywordsTotal respiration
dc.subject.keywordsSoil respiration
dc.titleCarbon Pools, Dynamics and Budget of the Bruce Peninsula
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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