2019-2018 | TRACE

Ingrowth Core Campaign

November 2018

Virginia-Rose Seagal, Aral Greene, and Rob Tunison sorting roots.

Megan Berberich doing nutrients extractions.

Intern Carolina May collecting a core at one of the plots.

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Second Year of Warming!

September 2018

Aura Alonso setting up the warming.

Helena Kleiner cleans the heaters for maintenance.

Aura Alonso hits the power button and we are warming again!

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Ingrowth Core Campaign

September 2018

Intern Aral Greene and volunteer Marguerite Kinsella sorting roots.

Full oven! Roots getting dried out.

Root pluck during the September 2018 ingrowth core campaign.

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IrMaria Before and After

June 2018

Plot 4 before and after repairs. Damage from both hurricanes, and how it looks now.

Plot 5 before and after repairs.

Plot 2 before and after hurricanes. The first picture was taken 3 years ago!

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Reconstruction Complete!

May 2018

Plot 1

Plot 6

Plot 1 Control plot
Amazing understory growth!

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Post Hurricane Data Collection

Spring 2018

Tana Wood is in charge of nutrient extractions.

Kyle is terrorized by the amount of data entry in his future.

Yet another ingrowth core campaign of course!

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Our First School Visit

November 07, 2019

Dr. Miriam Salgado teaching the students about the river sampling she performs as part of a long-term monitoring program.

Students learning about our different methods for measuring root traits and dynamics.

Sixth graders from school Luis Muñoz Rivera visiting the Sabana Field Research Station to learn about the TRACE project.

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2019 Annual Meeting

October 19, 2019

TRACE Annual Meeting

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Soil Pit Campaign

October 14, 2019

Tana Wood during the opening of the 1st pit.

Robin Reibold filtering soil samples for nutrient extractions.

Soil pit profile.

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Seedling Census

Jun 2019

Emmanuel Kendle working on the 2019 Seedling Census

Jamilex Cuevas working on the 2019 Seedling Census.

Ashley Cable and Michelle López Lorenzo working on the 2019 Seedling Census.

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Visiting CDK

July 15, 2019

Interns during introductory presentation about Citizens of the Karst work.

El Tallonal Station

Contractors, interns and Citizens of the Karst director Abel Vale.

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LTER Science Council Visit

May 15, 2019

Tamara Heartsill presents multiple research projects in the Luquillo Experimental Forest during the LTER Science Council Visit. - May 15 2019

Tana Wood presents post hurricane results to LTER Science Council at Sabana Field Research Station Visit. - May 15 2019

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Ingrowth Core Campaign

Second Year of Warming!

Ingrowth Core Campaign

IrMaria Before and After

Reconstruction Complete!

Post Hurricane Data Collection

Our First School Visit

2019 Annual Meeting

Soil Pit Campaign

Seedling Census

Visiting CDK

LTER Science Council Visit

T R A C E Tropical Responses to Altered Climate Experiment

T R A C E
Tropical Responses to Altered Climate Experiment