| A couple of days ago, I collected a set of decomposing plant material bundles for my diversity effects on decomposition study. Again, this sequence illustrates some of the methods used to collect the ‘decomposition bundles’ – a combination of dead macrophyte tissue from one to five species, wrapped up with a zip-tie and attached to a string. Replicates are attached to the poles shown here and below (there are five).
Briefly, I uncovered the bundles, carefully sniped them from the string, placed them on a white tray, and bagged them in Whirl-Paks. From there, there is lab processing, which I’ll hopefully have a similar post for soon… |
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