Assessment methods for soil carbon

by Follett, Ronald F. Lal, R. Stewart, Bobby A.

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Full title :Assessment methods for soil carbon / edited by R. Lal, J.M. Kimble, R.F. Follett, B.A. Stewart.

Summary

Since carbon sequestration in soils reduces the amount of carbon available to the atmosphere, the Kyoto Protocols have heightened interest in soil carbon pools and their effect on carbon fluxes. Assessment Methods for Soil Carbon addresses many of the questions related to the measurement, monitoring, and verification of organic and inorganic carbon in soils. The major topics covered are: carbon pools; soil sampling and preparation, analytical techniques for soil carbon; soil erosion and sedimentation; remote sensing, GIS and modeling; procedures for scaling carbon data from point and local measurements to regional and even national scales; and economic and policy issues. In Assessment Methods for Soil Carbon, leading researchers show that we now have the ability to measure, monitor, and verify changes to soil carbon. The book establishes the need for standardized methods that can be used by anyone, and helps us better understand the link between the pedosphere (soils) and the atmosphere. It also shows the importance of developing links between the economics of carbon sequestration and the amounts sequestered, and highlights the need for scientists and policy makers to interact to ensure that policies fit within the scope of present technologies.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2001

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Lewis Publishers
Place of Publication:Boca Raton, Fla
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2001

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (676 pages) : : illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781420026245, 1420026240, 9781482278644, 1482278642
oclc:on1029252116
LC Classification:S592.6.C35
Dewey Decimal:631.4/17

Methods for assessing soil C pools / J.M. Kimble, R. Lal and R.F. Follett -- Methodology for sampling and preparation for soil carbon determination / J.M. Kimble, R.B. Grossman and S.E. Samson-Liebig -- Importance of soil bulk density and methods of its measurement / R. Lal and J.M. Kimble -- The effects of terrain position and elevation on soil C in the southern Appalachians / P.V. Bolstad and J.M. Vose -- Approaching "functional" soil organic matter pools through particle-size fractionation examples for tropical soils / C. Feller, J. Balesdent, B. Nicolardot and C. Cerri -- Spatial variability enhancing the mean estimate of organic and inorganic carbon in a sampling unit / P. Wilding, L.R. Drees and L.C. Nordt -- Assessment of soil organic carbon using the U.S. soil survey / R.B. Grossman, D.S. Harms, D.F. Kingsbury, R.K. Shaw and A.B Jenkins -- Organic carbon methods, microbial biomass, root biomass, and sampling design under development by NRCS / C.D. Franks, J.M. Kimble, S.E. Samson-Liebig and T.M. Sobecki -- Characterization of soil organic carbon pools / H.H. Cheng and J.M. Kimble -- Measuring and comparing soil carbon storage / B.H. Ellert, H.H. Janzen and B. McConkey -- E…

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