Data/Resources for Download
- Continuous soil temperature and moisture records for various vegetation types and for the birch hummock snowfence and greenhouse experiments at a low arctic tundra site since 2006 at 4 hourly and diel frequencies (Daring Lake, NWT, Canada). (Soil temperature and moisture diel data download (3.8MB); ReadMe file) (Comparable 4 hourly data are also available via Dropbox etc). Please contact Paul for details if you wish to use any of these data in a publication.
- CO2 emissions calculator for travel by small fixed-wing and helicopter aircraft as well as travel by commercial aircraft, rail or road.
- Soil texture data for the Bracken Tract old field meadow grassland near Newboro, Ontario. See Serafini et al, 2019 for details.
- Green Lab Certification to raise awareness of the environmental impacts of doing science (– especially lab-related but also fieldwork and data analysis/cloud computing), and to encourage avoidance/reduction/mitigation of at least some of those impacts where feasible, appropriate, and possible.
Research Protocols
Full list of detailed protocols (each available on request)
1. Lab/field safety (full version; short labwork-only version)
2. Labware washing (cleaning)
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29. Soil pH - with focus on organic soils
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35. Soil texture analysis/ Particle Size Analysis (hydrometer method)
36. Ion exchange membranes to measure soil nutrient availability
If you would like any of the others in the list, please e-mail Paul for the latest versions
Available Equipment and Analytical Capabilities
- Leaf and ecosystem chamber IRGA portable photosynthesis systems
- Leaf area meter and conveyor belt (courtesy of the phytotron glasshouse facility)
- Auto-analyser (NH4-N, NO3-N, PO4-P etc.)
- Total Organic Carbon and Nitrogen (liquid samples)
- Soil processing and fumigation equipment
- Dataloggers and environmental sensors
- Epifluorescence microscope with phase contrast and digital imaging
- Growth chamber facilities including a sub-zero freeze-thaw temperature unit
- Elemental Analyser for total carbon and nitrogen (solid samples)
- Gas sampling equipment for N2O, CH4 etc.
- Nucleic acid extraction and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis analytical equipment
- PCR thermocycler
We also have close links on campus to:
