Assessment methods for soil carbon

by Follett, R. F., (Ronald F.) Kimble, John M. Stewart, B. A., (Bobby Alton)

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Title Statements

Full title :Assessment methods for soil carbon / edited by John M. Kimble, Ronald F. Follett and 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 samplingand 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:2000.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:Boca Raton, FL
Language:eng
Publication Date:2000.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (696 pages) : : 147 illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780429177002, 0429177003
DOI:10.1201/9781482278644
oclc:on1082199918
LC Classification:S592.6.C35
Dewey Decimal:631.4/17

Part Section I -- Introduction -- chapter 1 Methods for Assessing Soil C Pools -- part Section II -- Soil Sampling and Sample Preparation -- chapter 2 Methodology for Sampling and Preparation for Soil Carbon Determination -- chapter 3 Importance of Soil Bulk Density and Methods of Its Measurement -- chapter 4 The Effects of Terrain Position and Elevation on Soil C in the Southern Appalachians -- chapter 5 Approaching "Functional" Soil Organic Matter Pools through Particle-Size Fractionation Examples for Tropical Soils -- chapter 6 Spatial Variability Enhancing the Mean Estimate of Organic and Inorganic Carbon in a Sampling Unit -- chapter 7 Assessment of Soil Organic Carbon Using the U.S. Soil Survey -- chapter 8 Organic Carbon Methods, Microbial Biomass, Root Biomass, and Sampling Design under Development by NRCS -- part Section III -- Assessment of Carbon Pools -- chapter 9 Characterization of Soil Organic Carbon Pools -- chapter 10 Measuring and Comparing Soil Carbon Storage -- chapter 11 Estimating Total System C in Smallhold Farming Systems of the East African Highlands -- chapter 12 Assessment and Significance of Labile Organic C Pools in Forest Soils -- part Section IV -- A…

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