Here are three LTER sites and their annual mean temperature and total precipitat

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Here are three LTER sites and their annual mean temperature and total precipitation figures:
Coweeta Hydrologic Lab: 13 C, 180 cm
Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan: 9 C, 81 cm
Bonanza Creek, Alaska: -5 C, 40 cm

Q23. Based purely on climate, which of the following k values for chestnut oak leaves are the likely match with each site?
Coweeta: 0.36, Kellogg: 0.09, Bonanza: 0.22
Coweeta: 0.09, Kellogg: 0.36, Bonanza: 0.22
Coweeta: 0.36, Kellogg: 0.22, Bonanza: 0.09

Q25. You have performed a litterbag experiment using a 10 g sample of pine needles in a coniferous stand at Coweeta. At the end of 0.80 years, the dry mass of your sample is 8.5 g. Calculate a value of k from these data. k =

Q26. Briefly describe why the same leaf litter decomposes at different rates on the forest floor versus under water in an adjacent forest stream.

Explanation / Answer

Coweeta .36,Kellow .022 Bonanza .09

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