Projectlog Entries List

Collect LTAR leachate - Emily, Olivia

G6 plant species composition transects - Alyssa, Glori

Finished sampling G2 sorghum ANPP. Sampled T3, T4 station (2 cores/station) and prairie strip (4 cores/strip) soil. - Alyssa, Olivia, Emily, Glori

BCSE G2 ANPP sorghum sampling, all stations: 1.5mS, 1.5mE to NW corner of 1.52x0.66m frame - Glori, Emily, Olivia (am), Jordyn, Alyssa (pm)

DawnGC run notes: BCSE Series 16 - vial 12 flipped upside down in sample tray. Guessing this means there was no sample taken, but vial flipped upright and analyzed to maintain continuity throughout the runs.

Finished GLBRC Scale-up plant species composition transects - Alyssa, Olivia

BCSE G1 ANPP corn sampling, all stations: 1.5mS, 1.5mE to NW corner of 1.52x0.66m frame - Glori, Emily

BCSE Series 18 gas sampling - Emily, Glori

BCSE Hydrosense - Alyssa

LTAR and LTER gas chamber prep - Jon, Olivia, Alyssa

GLBRC Scale-up plant species composition transects - Alyssa, Emily

BCSE gas chamber prep, collect LTER leachate - Glori, Jordyn

GLBRC Scale-up plant species composition transects - Alyssa, Olivia

Sample ASP1 forage ahead of cutting. Stations 1, 2, 3: 1.5mS, 0.5mE to NW corner of 2 x 0.5m frame, oriented with the 0.5m ends on the east and west. Refrigerated to sort later to MEDSA, TRFPR, CICSP, DACGL, BRSNA (live volunteer canola, if any), remainder UNSRT. - Alyssa, Emily, Jordyn, Jon

LTAR Series 23 gas sampling - Stacey, Emily, Olivia, Jon

BCSE Series 17 gas sampling - Glori, Jordyn

LTAR and BCSE Hydrosense - Emily

Collect leaf litter (T5, CF, DF, SF) - Olivia, Jordyn, Jon, Glori

MLE Lake City plant species composition transects - Alyssa, Jon, Emily, Glori

Sample additional SWF soil for Darcy McRose. Sampled ten cores per treatment (SWF1 and SWF8) spread across all replicates to 4-inch depth with 0.75" push corer.  The soil were kept unsieved, in plastic bags and shipped via UPS overnight on ice. - Olivia, Jordyn

LTER forest and T8 soil sampling - Olivia, Jordyn

LTAR and BCSE gas chamber prep - Olivia, Jordyn

Finish MLE Lux Arbor plant species composition transects - Jon, Emily

G3 soybean ANPP sampling, used 1.52 m x 0.66 m frame, all stations: 1.52mS, 0.66mE to NW corner of 1.52x0.66m frame. Counted soybean stems per row. Sorted weeds in the field. - Glori, Olivia, Alyssa, Emily, Jon

BCSE Series 16 gas sampling - Glori, Jordyn

BCSE Hydrosense - Olivia

Set forest leaf litter traps - Emily, Jon,

Collect T5 LFLIT, trim under and around traps -

BCSE gas chamber prep -

BCSE S13 S14 S15 GC run had some samples submitted out of order.
S14 had vials 19 and 20 switched in the field racks. S15 had four out of order submitted as follows: vial 52, 50, 51, 49 All samples run sequentially on DawnGC

Finished BCSE G4,5,7,9,10 ANPP sampling - Alyssa, Jon, Emily, Glori, Jordyn, Sam, Bella

LTER gas chamber prep -

Start T7 ANPP sampling, clipped R1. 2mN, 4mE of each station flag to SW corner of 2 x 0.5m frame. Refrigerated and sorted later in the field lab - Alyssa, Jon, Emily, Glori, Sam, Bella

Finish BCSE G4,5,7,9,10 species composition transects and continue ANPP sampling - Alyssa, Jon, Emily, Glori, Jordyn, Sam

BCSE G4,5,7,9,10 species composition transects and ANPP sampling - Alyssa, Jon, Emily, Glori, Jordyn

BCSE gas Series 15 - Jordyn, Emily am, Hydrosense- Emily

BCSE transects - Alyssa, Jon am

BCSE ANPP - Sam, Bella am

BCSE gas, vial prep - Olivia, Jordyn AM

BCSE transects - Alyssa, Olivia pm

Move LTER T7 shelters with Nameer/Mark, BCSE ANPP- Jon, Sam, Emily, Glori, Jordyn pm

Continue BCSE G4,5,7,9,10 species composition transects - Alyssa, Bella AM/PM

Start BCSE G4,5,7,9,10 ANPP clipping. All stations: 2mS, 1mE to NW corner of 2 x 0.5m frame. Clip with electric trimmers at ground level, bag as UNSRT. Collect SURFL. - Glori, Jordyn PM

Start BCSE G4,5,7,9,10 species composition transects. Three NS transects per plot, main only. Each transect ~2m west of the station flags and numbered 1-3 based on the station number. Stop about every 1m to identify and measure first intercepted plant. - Alyssa, Glori, Jordyn PM

BCSE 14 gas sampling - Brian, Alyssa

BCSE Hydrosense - Alyssa

Collect LFLIT from T5 traps, trim under traps - Emily, Glori

Continue clipping T3, T4 R1 prairie strip ANPP - Sam, Jon

LTAR 20 gas sampling - Alyssa, Glori, Sam, Olivia

LTAR Hydrosense - Emily

BCSE gas chamber prep - Jon

Start cutting T3R1 prairie strip ANPP: Along each EW transect (South, Center, North): 2 x 0.5m frame, 5m south of strip center to center of 2m frame side (north side). Cut T4 corn paths to station flags - Jon, Emily

Collect T21 bags from T3, T4 stations and prairie strips -

LTAR 18 gas sampling - Glori, Brian, Jordyn, Bella

BCSE 13 gas sampling - Jon, Sam

LTAR, BCSE Hydrosense sampling - Emily

T5 understory ANPP sampling, set LFLIT traps. NS trap… 2.4mN, 1.2mW of station 5 to SE corner of trap, frame oriented with short ends on the north/south; label ex. T5R1 NS EW trap… 2.4mS, 1.2mW of station 3 to NE corner of trap, frame oriented with short ends on the east/west; label ex. T5R1 EW. Collect newly fallen poplar leaves within frame as LFLIT (if any). Clip all biomass rooted inside frame with scissors – as close to the ground as possible. Bag as LIVE to sort in the field lab later (store in black bags in fridge). Use electric trimmers to trim back plants outside the frame to keep them from falling over the frame. Leave the frame in place and lay a screen inside it. Push the screen down inside the frame so it rests on the ground. Use clips (at least 6/trap) to attach the screen to the wooden frame on all sides. - Alyssa, Jon, Emily, Sam, Bella, Glori, Jordyn, Brian

Postponed field work, including LTAR 18 and BCSE 13 gas sampling, due to hazardous air quality outdoors from Canadian wildfire smoke.

Reinstalled ASP1 gas chambers after forage baling - Sam

Postponed LTAR 18 and BCSE 13 gas sampling due to hazardous air quality outdoors from Canadian wildfire smoke. No field work today.

The usb to serial pigtail between the rpi and the RF407 radio in the BCSE gas trailer appears to have failed. I replaced it with one from the ICOS system.

Rebury some T3, T4 T21 bags for station 5 as they were buried on the foot path in error, so moved further west between foot path and prairie strip.

Collect LTAR leachate - Emily, Brian

LTAR, BCSE gas chamber prep - Jordyn, Glori

Sticky traps - Jon, Sam

LTAR gas chamber prep - Jon, Brian, Emily, Glori, Sam, Jordyn

Sticky traps - Jon, Brian, Sam

BCSE 12 gas sampling, Hydrosense - Emily, Glori

Collect LTER leachate - Sam, Jordyn

Sticky traps - Sam, Emily

Prep BCSE gas chambers, evacuate LTER lysimeters - Jon, Glori

Nitrogen Application Study gas and Hydrosense sampling - Olivia

Cut MCSE corn paths - Olivia, Sam, Emily

Help Nameer and others raise the height of LTER Resource Gradient rainout shelters - Jon, Glori

LTER Series 8 gas sampling - Brian, Bella, Jordyn, Olivia, Sam, Jon, Glori, Emily (Hydrosense)

Finish G8 plant sampling - Jon, Glori

Replace short station flags with tall in T1, cut station paths through the corn with a machete in T1R1, T2R1, T1R2 - Stacey

Nitrogen Application Study gas and Hydrosense sampling - Olivia

LTAR Series 15 gas sampling - Jordyn, Bella, Glori, Brian, Emily (Hydrosense)

LTER gas chamber prep - Sam, Jon

Replace G8 station flags, G8 plant species composition (Three NS transects per plot, main only. Each transect ~1m east of the station flags and numbered 1-3 based on the station number.) - Alyssa, Emily, Brian

G8 understory plant sampling ahead of herbicide/mowing. Location for each station: 2mS, 2mW of each station flag to the NE corner of 2 x 0.5m frame. All clipped bagged as UNSRT, then collected surface litter. - Jordyn, Glori, Bella, Emily, Sam, Jon

Sticky traps (replace T6, T2) - Emily, Jon, Sam

Collect LTER leachate - Olivia, Jordyn

BCSE Series 10 gas - Sam, Glori, Emily (Hydrosense)

LTAR gas chamber prep - Emily

Reinstall chambers 11am following application of treatments (surface (south half) and 6" deep nitrogen (north half). Nitrogen Application Study gas and Hydrosense sampling around 3pm - Olivia

Sticky traps (pull T6 for herbicide and T2 fertilizer) - Sam, Emily,

Evacuate LTER lysimeters - Jon, Brian

Put tall flags into G1, G3, ASP2 -

BCSE gas chamber prep - Jon, Brian

LTAR and BCSE (G1-5 one-week post side-dress in G1) soil sampling - Bella, Brian, Emily, Jon, Jordyn, Sam

BCSE Series 9 gas sampling - Jon, Bella

BCSE Hydrosense - Emily

NAS gas and Hydrosense - Olivia

Use REACH to collect T7 microplot corners (Hsunyi trained) - Glori, Jordyn

Pull and immediately replace T-posts/sticky cards for cultivating in T4 and side dress in T3 - Sam, Jon

Finish woody maintenance - Jon, Sam

Help move T7 rainout shelters into the plots - Glori, Bella

Clean trucks - Brian, Jordyn

Sticky traps - Emily, Jon, Sam, Olivia

Collect LTAR leachate - Brian, Jordyn

BCSE gas chamber prep - Glori

NAS gas and Hydrosense - Olivia

LTER Series 7 gas sampling - Brian, Jon, Sam, Bella, Glori; Hydrosense - Emily

LTAR gas chamber prep - Jordyn

Replace G1-3 station flags - Emily, Glori

Sticky traps -

BCSE Series 8 gas sampling - ; Hydrosense - Emily

LTER gas chamber prep -

BCSE 7 Gas sampling - Glori, Sam

BCSE Hydrosense - Emily

LTAR gas chamber prep - Jordyn, Brian

Prep BCSE gas frames - Emily, Bella

Collect LTAR Lysimeters - Glori, Jordyn

Sticky traps, install T-posts in T4 - Brian, Jon, Sam