Experiment Protocols
- Annual Spring Burn – MCSE
- GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment – Sampling
- GLBRC Marginal Land Experiment – Sampling
- GLBRC Marginal Land Rainfall Exclusion Experiment – Sampling
- GLBRC Scale-Up Experiment – Sampling
- GLBRC Switchgrass Nitrogen Rate Experiment – Sampling
- MCSE: Microplots in Treatment 5 (T5)
- Nitrogen Deposition Study: Fertilizer Treatment Descriptions
- Resource Gradient Experiment: Fertilizer Treatment Descriptions
- Resource Gradient Experiment: Irrigation Scheduling
Agronomics
- Agronomic Yields
- GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment: Agronomic Protocol
- GLBRC: Corn Stover
- GLBRC Marginal Land Experiment: Agronomic Protocol
- GLBRC Scale-up Fields: Agronomic Protocol
- MCSE: Agronomic Protocol
- Stand Counts – Annuals
- Stand Counts – Perennials
Animals
Contributed protocols
- Denitrification Enzyme Assay
- Installation of Decagon SIC20 Lysimeters for Soil Water Sampling
- Mesocosm Installation for N Fixation in Switchgrass
- Procedure for the Determination of Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon
Diversity
Ecosystem processes
- Greenhouse Gas Fluxes - Recirculating Chamber Method
- Greenhouse Gas Fluxes - Static Chamber Method
- Ion Exchange Resin Strips – Nitrogen Availability
- MCSE: Below-ground Net Primary Productivity
- Round Chamber Construction
Ecosystem processes soil properties
- N Mineralization Potential – Short-term Lab Incubations
- Suction Lysimeters – Installation
- Suction Lysimeters - Leachate Collection
Hydrology
Information management
Inorganic nutrients
Inorganic nutrients ecosystem processes soil properties
Inorganic nutrients instruments
- Alpkem Model 3550 Flow Analyzer
- Analytical Flow Solution Recipes
- O.I. Analytical Flow Solution IV analyzer
Instruments
- Agilent 7890 Gas Chromatography - Analysis of Greenhouse Gases
- Alpkem Recipes
- Costech Elemental Combustion System CHNS-O (ECS 4010)
- Infrared Gas Analyzer (IRGA) CO2 measurement by integration method
- Lachat QuickChem 8500 Series 2 Flow Injection Analysis System – Inorganic Nitrogen
Microbes
- Equations for Soil Microbial Biomass C and N Calculation
- Equations for Soil Microbial Biovolume and Carbon Calculation
Plant properties
- Cell Wall Analysis
- Corn Grain Ethanol Fermentation and Ethanol Production Protocol
- Plant Total Carbon and Nitrogen
- Poplar complete leaf tissue analysis
- Rooting Depth
- Soybean total oil content and profile measurements
Plant species composition
- Canopy Species Composition and Height - Line-point Intercept Method
- LTER Biodiversity Weed Harvest Protocol
- Plant Identification
Plant species composition research context
Primary production
- Aboveground Net Primary Production - MCSE
- Aboveground Net Primary Productivity- BCSE & Scale-Up Experiment
- Belowground Net Primary Production – Biofuel Cropping System Experiment
- LTER Biodiversity Weed Harvest Protocol
- Phenology
- Plant Biomass Carbon and Nitrogen Analysis- GLBRC BCSE & Scale-Up Sites
- Treatment 7 Microplot – ANPP Harvest
Research context
- Biodiversity Gradient: Baseline Soil Sampling
- Composite Soil Sampling - MCSE
- LIDAR elevation flights
- LTER and GLBRC: Plant Sample Archive
- MCSE: Soil Moisture by Time Domain Reflectometry
Soil properties
- Baseline Soil Sampling and Analysis- GLBRC BCSE, Scale-Up, & Marginal Sites
- Equations for Soil Microbial Biovolume and Carbon Calculation
- KBS Agronomic Soil Chemistry
- MCSE: Inorganic and Organic Soil Phosphorous Fractions
- N Mineralization Potential - In Situ Buried Bags
- Particle Size Analysis ‒ Hydrometer Method
- Soil Bulk Density - Deep Cores
- Soil Dryness Determination
- Soil Inorganic N
- Soil Moisture ‒ Gravimetric
- Soil pH
- Soil Total Carbon and Nitrogen
- Total Carbonates in Soil