The effects of land use and climate change on carbon emission from soils in the Apalachicola National Forest. The terrestrial ecosystem is an important part of the global carbon cycle.
Soils act as the largest carbon pool in the terrestrial environment.
Any changes in the amount of carbon stored in soils could affect the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and possibly affect the global climate. My research will look at carbon turnover rates and carbon dioxide flux in soils that have been managed three different ways. It will help determine if different land use practices affect the size of the carbon pool in soils. B.S. Geology, 1999.