Modeling decomposition
How are predictions about carbon cycling made? This lesson describes how mathematical models are built and used to calculate the effects of climate, litter chemistry, and microbial metabolism on leaf decomposition.
How are predictions about carbon cycling made? This lesson describes how mathematical models are built and used to calculate the effects of climate, litter chemistry, and microbial metabolism on leaf decomposition.
This project was created by Drs. Michael N. Weintraub and Daryl L. Moorhead, in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo, in collaboration with the Center for Creative Instruction, University of Toledo. Support was provided by the National Science Foundation (Grant #s 0918718 and 1503939).
