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1 November 2007 Soil Sensor Technology: Life within a Pixel
MICHAEL F. ALLEN, RODRIGO VARGAS, ERIC A. GRAHAM, WILLIAM SWENSON, MICHAEL HAMILTON, MICHAEL TAGGART, THOMAS C. HARMON, ALEXANDER RAT'KO, PHIL RUNDEL, BRIAN FULKERSON, DEBORAH ESTRIN
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Abstract

Soil organisms undertake every major ecosystem process, from primary production to decomposition to carbon sequestration, and those processes they catalyze have a bearing on the management of issues from agriculture to global climate change. Nonetheless, until recently, research to measure the dynamics of microscopic organisms living belowground has largely been limited to infrequent field sampling and laboratory extrapolation. Now, however, new sensor technologies can measure and monitor soil organisms and processes at rapid and continuous temporal scales. In this article, we describe these technologies and how they can be arrayed for an integrated view of soil dynamics.

MICHAEL F. ALLEN, RODRIGO VARGAS, ERIC A. GRAHAM, WILLIAM SWENSON, MICHAEL HAMILTON, MICHAEL TAGGART, THOMAS C. HARMON, ALEXANDER RAT'KO, PHIL RUNDEL, BRIAN FULKERSON, and DEBORAH ESTRIN "Soil Sensor Technology: Life within a Pixel," BioScience 57(10), 859-867, (1 November 2007). https://doi.org/10.1641/B571008
Published: 1 November 2007
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KEYWORDS
carbon dioxide
minirhizotron
nitrate
sensors
soils
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