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HOME / KBS LTER PHOTO GALLERY / Collecting Data

KBS LTER PHOTO GALLERY

Welcome to the KBS LTER online photo gallery! Click on the picture of your desired album to access the photographs. Images in these albums are for use in slide presentations, posters, and other publications. All may be used without explicit permission; however you must give proper credit when you use them (credit information is in each photo caption). The images are available for download in two formats: low resolution (right-click on image and choose ‘save as’) and high resolution (click on link below photo caption). Browse the album “A Walk through the Gallery” for a sampling of photos contained in all albums. Enjoy!

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KBS LTER scientist Lauren Kinsman collects water samples from a restored wetland as part of a study on nutrient release from flooded soils; Photo Credit: S. Hamilton, Michigan State University
KBS LTER researcher Ilya Gelfand collects greenhouse gas samples from the hybrid poplar plots of the KBS LTER Main Cropping Systems Experiment; Photo Credit: B. Krasean, Michigan State University
Field technician Kyle Corder collects deep soil core samples on the KBS LTER / GLBRC biofuels site in mid December; Photo Credit: J.E. Doll, Michigan State University
KBS LTER researchers Sarah Roley and Christine Sprunger take soil samples from a KBS LTER early successional field; Photo Credit: B. Krasean, Michigan State University
KBS LTER scientist Christine Sprunger takes soil samples from a corn plot on the KBS LTER biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: B. Krasean, Michigan State University
LTER scientists Bonnie McGill & Kevin Kahmark installing lysimeters (soil water samplers) on the LTER to study how agricultural management affects nutrient losses by leaching to the ground water; Photo Credit: J. Doll, Michigan State University
Insect sticky trap on the KBS LTER Main Cropping System Experiment; Photo Credit: B. Krasean, KBS LTER
Measuring the length of a Miscanthus leaf, a cellulosic biofuel crop being studied on the KBS LTER/GLBRC biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician Matt Arndt measures Miscanthus on the KBS LTER/GLBRC biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
A field technician measures the height of Micanthus giganteus on the KBS LTER/GLBRC biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Graduate student Kate Glanville and summer research intern William Davie collect water infiltration data on the KBS LTER Main Cropping Systems Experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
A carbon dioxide eddy flux tower at one of the GLBRC / KBS LTER sites (Marshall Farm) measures the net amount of carbon dioxide captured by the ecosystem; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
A carbon dioxide eddy flux tower at one of the GLBRC / KBS LTER sites (Marshall Farm) measures the net amount of CO2 captured by the ecosystem; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Research associate Michael Abraha checks the carbon dioxide eddy flux tower at one of the GLBRC / KBS LTER sites; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Database manager and GIS specialist, Suzanne Sippel, recording station flag GPS coordinates on the KBS GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment.; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Research associate Kevin Kahmark and graduate student Di Liang discuss peak integration on the laboratory GHG analysis system; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
KBS LTER greenhouse gas vials prepped for sampling on the lab-based automated Greenhouse gass analysis system; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
KBS LTER research technician Kevin Kahmark and graduate student Di Liang discuss chromatography results from the laboratory automated greenhouse gas analysis system; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
KBS LTER researchers Di Liang and Kevin Kahmark in the lab analyzing greenhouse gas data; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
A KBS LTER research technician Cathy McMinn is preparing to analysis sample for inorganic nitrogen ; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Research technician Matt Dornan collecting greenhouse gas samples in the early successional field plots of the KBS LTER/GLBRC Biofuels research program, Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Research technician Kevin Kahmark collects greenhouse gas samples on the KBS LTER/GLBRC biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Research associate Sarah Roley takes gas samples in a switchgrass plot; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician Dan Hamstra checks insect sticky traps on the KBS LTER Main Cropping Systems Experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician Rick Corder takes PAR readings over soybeans on the KBS GLBRC; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
A field technician takes Photosynthetically Active Radiation readings in soybeans on the KBS GLBRC biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Graduate student Laura Hess checks a rainout shelter on the KBS LTER Main Cropping Systems Experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Di Liang, graduate student, collecting soil samples in a soybean field on the KBS LTER Main Cropping Systems Experiment in 2015; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Collecting soil samples from a corn field on the KBS LTER/GLBRC biofuels experiment, 2015; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Collecting soil samples from a corn field on the KBS LTER/GLBRC biofuels experiment, 2015; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
A soil sample collected from a corn plot on the KBS LTER/GLBRC biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Erica Annis takes soil water samples from a soybean plot on the KBS LTER Main Cropping Systems Experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
A field technician collects soil water samples from a soybean field on the KBS LTER; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
KBS LTER/GLBRC biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Collecting greenhouse gas samples on the KBS LTER/GLBRC biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician Dan Hamstra checks insect sticky traps in a soybean field on the KBS LTER; Photo Credit: K. Stepnitz, Michigan State University
A Mexican researchers takes greenhouse gas samples from a wheat field at CIMMYT's (Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo) Yaqui Valley experiment station where KBS LTER researchers collaborate and share techniques. Photo Credit: CIMMYT archives
KBS LTER researcher Kevin Kahmark describes greenhouse gas sampling methods as part of a workshop in the Yaqui Valley of Mexico; Photo Credit: Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio
KBS LTER researcher Kevin Kahmark describes greenhouse gas analysis in the lab to colleagues at CIMMY (Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo).
KBS LTER REU Jon Hileman working on samples for this project investigating nitrogen fixing bacteria and exoenzymes; photo credit: MSU.
KBS LTER information manager Sven Bohm and Researcher Kevin Kahmark fly drones equipped with tools able to monitor crop health and ecosystems energy exchange as part of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) research on cellulosic biofuels. Photo Credit: Bill Krasean
KBS LTER Researcher Kevin Kahmark fly drones equipped with tools able to monitor crop health and ecosystems energy exchange as part of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) research on cellulosic biofuels. Photo Credit: Bill Krasean
KBS LTER researcher Kevin Kahmark in a root excavation pit in a switchgrass plot, part of our sustainable biofuels research. Photo credit: J.E.Doll/KBS LTER
A rainout shelter covers corn on the LTER MCSE; Photo credit: Kevin Kahmark, Michigan State University
Digging soil pits
Digging soil pits
Digging soil pits
KBS LTER scientist Sean Griffin collects data on native bees
Sampling switchgrass in the switchgrass variety trials
Researcher Carolina Cordova and others observing switchgrass in the switchgrass variety trials
Carolina Cordova and others studying greenhouse gas emissions at the GLBRC
Taking soil cores at the GLBRC
Taking CO2 measurements at the GLBRC
Taking CO2 measurements at the GLBRC
Taking CO2 measurements at the GLBRC
Taking switchgrass measurements at the GLBRC
Taking switchgrass measurements at the GLBRC
Taking soil cores in corn at the GLBRC
Taking soil cores in corn at the GLBRC
Sorting switchgrass biomass from the GLBRC
Sorting switchgrass biomass from the GLBRC
Ally Brown working in the greenhouse
Ally Brown working in the greenhouse
Ally Brown working in the greenhouse
Collecting pitfall trap data
Collecting invertebrates using sweep nets in the prairie strips
Collecting CO2 data in the LTER MCSE
Collecting CO2 data in the LTER MCSE
Taking soil cores from the prairie strips
Checking sticky traps for invertebrates at the LTER MCSE
Checking sticky traps for invertebrates at the LTER MCSE
Collecting soil cores from wheat plots at the LTER MCSE
Collecting biomass samples from wheat plots at the LTER MCSE
Students collecting data from wheat plots at the LTER MCSE
Collecting data from the heating ring experiment at the LTER to study evolution
Collecting data from the heating ring experiment at the LTER to study evolution
Alli Zahorec collecting data from wheat plots at the LTER MCSE
Lizz D'Auria collecting data on invertebrates caught in sticky traps in prairie strips at the LTER MCSE
Alli Zahorec collecting data on prairie plants at the LTER MCSE
Lizz D'Auria collecting data on invertebrates caught in sticky traps in prairie strips at the LTER MCSE
Alli Zahorec taking a close look at monarch eggs at the LTER MCSE
Using quadrants to collect data in the LTER MCSE
Using quadrants to collect data in the LTER MCSE
Taking soil cores in the LTER MCSE
Taking CO2 samples in the LTER MCSE
Collecting CO2 samples in the LTER MCSE
Collecting soil cores from prairie strips in the LTER MCSE
Collecting data from the heating ring experiment at the LTER to study evolution
Collecting soil cores from prairie plots at the LTER MCSE
Collecting CO2 samples from soybean plots at the LTER MCSE
Final deep core LTER sample for 2022
Deep core sampling in the LTER, 2022
Deep core sampling in the LTER, 2022
Deep core sampling in the LTER, 2022
Deep core sampling for the Nitrogen Deposition Experiment at KBS, 2022
Soil Core Sampling in August, 2021
MCSE plant ID by Mark and Siden Hammond in July, 2023
LTER Science Council- Fly/insect trap
LTAR, 2022
Field C and N gas data collection in the LTAR, 2022
Grant Flavo collecting data in the field in September, 2023
Grant Falvo collecting data in the LTER MCSE fields in September, 2023
Field technician Josh Gower collects leaf litter samples from a hybrid poplar tree plot, part of the KBS LTER biofuels research program; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
GLBRC/LTER scientist Terenzio Zenone checks the carbon dioxide flux tower on a GLBRC / KBS LTER switchgrass field (Marshall Farm); Photo Credit: B. Zenone, Michigan State University
Researcher Terenzio Zenone checks carbon dioxide eddy flux instruments in a GLBRC / KBS LTER native prairie field; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
A carbon dioxide eddy flux tower at one of the GLBRC / KBS LTER native prairie sites (Marshall Farm) measures the net amount of CO2 captured by the ecosystem; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
KBS LTER investigator Kevin Kahmark analyzes greenhouse gas samples in the lab; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
An automated greenhouse gas sampling system at the GLBRC / KBS LTER biofuels experiment collects samples all year long; Photo Credit: J.E.Doll, Michigan State University
Field technician AJ Ozanich collects greenhouse gas samples in a corn field, part of the KBS LTER biofuels research program; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Researcher Kevin Kahmark adjusts fittings on an automated greenhouse gas sampling chamber at the GLBRC / KBS LTER biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
KBS LTER researcher Kevin Kahmark works on the automated greenhouse gas sampling system, part of the KBS LTER biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Automated greenhouse gas sampling chambers in a wheat field on the KBS LTER site; Photo Credit: J.E.Doll, Michigan State University
Graduate student Leilei Ruan collects greenhouse gas samples in a switchgrass field, part of the KBS LTER biofuels research program; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Researcher Kevin Kahmark checks gas sampling lines at the GLBRC / KBS LTER biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
KBS LTER researcher Kevin Kahmark checks greenhouse gas sampling lines on the KBS LTER biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician AJ Ozanich collects greenhouse gas samples in a Miscanthus plot, part of the KBS LTER biofuels research program; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
An automated greenhouse gas sampling system on the GLBRC / KBS LTER biofuels experiment collects samples throughout the year; Photo Credit: J.E.Doll, Michigan State University
Insect sticky trap on the KBS LTER Main Cropping System Experiment; ; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Undergraduate research intern Ima Otudor sets an insect sticky trap in a GLBRC / KBS LTER grassland biofuel research site near KBS; Photo Credit: KBS LTER, Michigan State University
Field technician Lucy Carter checks insect sticky traps on the KBS LTER experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician Lucy Carter checks insect sticky traps on the KBS LTER experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Undergraduate research intern Caitlin Kempski collects insect samples on restored grassland, part of the KBS LTER biofuels research program; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Undergraduate research intern Fraser Evans takes canopy spectorgraph readings in a GLBRC / KBS LTER switchgrass biofuel field near KBS; Photo Credit: KBS LTER, Michigan State University
Field technician Josh Gower takes light meansurements in a corn field, part of the KBS LTER biofuels research program; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Researchers collect July wheat samples on the KBS LTER Main Cropping System Experiment; ; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Undergraduate research intern Richard Gaillard samples switchgrass on the KBS LTER; Photo Credit: J.E.Doll, Michigan State University
A field crew heads out to sample a native grassland site near KBS as part of the GLBRC / KBS LTER biofuels research program; Photo Credit: C.Baker, Michigan State University
Collecting alfalfa biomass from the KBS LTER Main Cropping System Experiment; Photo Credit: S. Deming, Michigan State University
Sorting plant samples in the KBS LTER field lab: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician Lucy Carter samples native plant species at the GLBRC / KBS LTER biofuels research site; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
GLBRC / KBS LTER investigator Poonam Jasrotia and field technician RuthAnn Medina collect native plant samples in the GLBRC / KBS LTER biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: J.E.Doll, Michigan State University
Field technicians Holly Warren and Josh Gower collect alfalfa samples, part of the KBS LTER Main Cropping System Experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technicians Josh Gower and Lucy Carter measure Miscanthus giganteus plants at the GLBRC / KBS LTER biofuels research sitePhoto Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
KBS LTER researchers collect wheat samples in July on the Main Cropping System Experiment; ; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Site manager Stacey Vanderwulp checks instruments at a rainout shelter designed to simulate drought conditions on a small area of the KBS LTER Main Cropping System Experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Site manager Stacey Vanderwulp adjusts drainage lines of a rainout shelter designed to simulate drought on a part of the KBS LTER Main Cropping System Experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
KBS LTER technician Kevin Kahmark collects deep soil core samples from the GLBRC / KBS LTER biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician Josh Gower collects deep soil core samples on the KBS LTER Main Cropping System Experiment; Photo Credit: J.E.Doll, Michigan State University
Technician Kevin Kahmark and site manager Stacey Vanderwulp collect deep soil core samples on the KBS LTER; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Researcher Poonam Jasrotia collects soil cores on the KBS LTER biofuels research experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician Kyle Corder takes soil samples in corn plot, part of the KBS LTER Main Cropping System Experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician Kyle Corder takes soil samples in an alfalfa field at the KBS LTER Main Cropping System Experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Investigator Kevin Kahmark collects deep soil core samples at the KBS LTER experiment site; Photo Credit: KBS LTER, Michigan State University
Investigator Kevin Kahmark and site manager Stacey Vanderwulp collect deep soil core samples on the KBS LTER forest plots; Photo Credit: J.E.Doll, Michigan State University
Investigator Kevin Kahmark and site manager Stacey Vanderwulp collect deep soil core samples from KBS LTER forest plots; Photo Credit: J.E.Doll, Michigan State University
A one meter deep soil core extracted from the KBS LTER Main Cropping System Experiment; Photo Credit: J.E.Doll, Michigan State University
Field technician Josh Gower measures the diameter of a hybrid poplar tree in the GLBRC / KBS LTER biofuels experiment; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician Josh Gower measures the diameter of a hybrid poplar tree, part of the KBS LTER biofuels research program; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician AJ Ozanich collects soil water samples in a hybrid poplar tree plot, part of the KBS LTER biofuels research program; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Field technician AJ Ozanich collects soil water samples in a hybrid poplar tree plot, part of the KBS LTER biofuels research program; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Information manager Sven Bohm checks a precipitation collector at the KBS LTER weather station; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Information manager Sven Bohm checks KBS LTER weather station instruments; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
Information manager Sven Bohm checks KBS LTER weather station instruments; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University
KBS LTER Information manager Sven Bohm checks a weather station precipitation collector; Photo Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University

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