Installation : Ecotron Hasselt University Installation : Ecotron Hasselt University
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Ecotron Hasselt University
Ecotron; resilient agriculture; pear orchard; fruit orchard; heathland; carbon sequestration; climate; nitrogen cycle; mycorrhiza; irrigation; dry land
Provider
Hasselt UniversityInstitution/Organisation
Hasselt UniversityWebsite
About installation
Ecotron Hasselt University entails 12 enclosed sun-lit macrocosms where lysimeters (3.14m2; 1.5m depth) containing ecosystem samples are installed on intact soil monoliths, and climate scenarios of high detail can be imposed. Tracing of CO2 pathways is enabled through isotopic labelling. Sampling every 30 min: air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, net ecosystem exchange, greenhouse gases (CO2 , CH4 and N2O), energy influx in the ecosystem (PPFD and PAR), evapotranspiration; soil temperature, electrical conductivity, water content, water tension, vegetation dynamics; Sampling every 3 weeks: C, N, P content and micronutrients at 5 depths, in triplicates; Sampling every 3 months: soil microbial communities.
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Classification
Scientific domain
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Scientific SubDomain
- Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries
- Biological Sciences
- Earth & Related Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Management Infrastructures
- Microbiology
- Other Natural Sciences
Contacts
Nadia Soudzilovskaia Professor Ecosystem functioning; head Ecotron research facility
nadia.soudzilovskaia@uhasselt.be +32 487 67 63 28Nele Witters Business developer Center for Environemntal Sciences Hasselt University (Ecotron business development responsible)
nele.witters@uhasselt.be +32 474 41 87 85Francois Rineau Professor Ecotron Research
Francois.Rineau@uhasselt.be +32488 35 54 90 Submit a project
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