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Leveraging Environmental Research and Observation Networks to Advance Soil Carbon Science
Author(s) -
Weintraub Samantha R.,
Flores Alejandro N.,
Wieder William R.,
Sihi Debjani,
Cagnarini Claudia,
Gonçalves Daniel Ruiz Potma,
Young Michael H.,
Li Li,
Olshansky Yaniv,
Baatz Roland,
Sullivan Pamela L.,
Groffman Peter M.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: biogeosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-8961
pISSN - 2169-8953
DOI - 10.1029/2018jg004956
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , data science , data sharing , computer science , ecosystem , environmental resource management , ecology , environmental science , geography , biology , medicine , alternative medicine , archaeology , pathology
Soil organic matter (SOM) is a critical ecosystem variable regulated by interacting physical, chemical, and biological processes. Collaborative efforts to integrate perspectives, data, and models from interdisciplinary research and observation networks can significantly advance predictive understanding of SOM. We outline how integrating three networks—the Long‐Term Ecological Research with a focus on ecological dynamics, the Critical Zone Observatories with strengths in landscape/geologic context, and the National Ecological Observatory Network with standardized multiscale measurements—can advance SOM knowledge. This integration requires improved data dissemination and sharing, coordinated data collection activities, and enhanced collaboration between empiricists and modelers within and across networks.