Santa Cruz Island Reserve

16 Dec, 03 AM - 19 Dec, 07 AM

This project seeks to understand the ecosystem impacts of fog on the Christy Pine bishop pine stand on SCI. We will set up a weather station midway between the existing CSUN weather stations at Christy Pines and Christy Airstrip. We intend to sample water from pine needles, soil moisture, fog and rainfall. We will auger several soil samples, and dig (and backfill) several small soil pits. The goal of the project is to analyze isotopes from each water sample to help determine the proportion of water used by the pines that comes from rainfall versus fog water. We would also like to sample some twigs for carbon isotopes. At a later date we may wish to install additional mini weather stations across the stand. All weather stations will be located so as to minimize visibility from the road.

Visit #2249 @Santa Cruz Island Reserve

Approved

Under Project # 1802 | Research

University of California Santa Barbara - Geography

faculty - California State University (CSU), Northridge

Reservation Members(s)

Group of 2 Graduate Student Dec 16 - 19, 2003 (4 days)
Douglas Fischer Dec 16 - 19, 2003 (4 days)
Douglas Fischer Dec 16 - 19, 2003 (4 days)
Douglas Fischer Dec 16 - 19, 2003 (4 days)

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Dorm 5 Dec 16 - 19, 2003
Pickup Truck 5 Dec 16 - 19, 2003