2025 Greenhouse Study

Question 1

What are the three water regimes being used as treatments in the mesocosm experiment?

Answer 1

1. intermittently wetting and drying (IWD)
2. seasonally flooded (SF)
3. Ponded (P)

[control for each regime as well]

Question 2

What greenhouse gases are being measured weekly and at what time intervals?

Answer 2

N2O, CH4, and CO2 measured as 0, 30, and 60 minutes

Question 3

What are the CO2 tubes being used to measure in the jar experiments?

Answer 3

microbial respiration

Question 4

What is measuring moisture content in our mesocosms? How?

Answer 4

Reflectometer
uses an electromagnetic frequency to measure soil water content

Question 5

How are we measuring anaerobic condition?

Answer 5

Use the mV measured between electrode in the Redox Potentiometer