Data Tables
...from New Jersey Pine Barrens
Site Descriptions:
 
Site 1 burned area, approximately 300 meters north of marker 32 on highway 539, soil collected
Site 2 burned area, approximately 300 meters north of marker 32 on highway 539, duff (litter) and mosses  collected
Site 3 unburned area, approximately 300 meters north of marker 28 on highway 539, heavy litter (about 3 inches of duff), soil collected
Site 4 unburned area, approximately 300 meters north of marker 28 on highway 539, heavy litter  (about 3 inches of duff), duff (litter) collected
Site 5 bog area, Glenwood Forest, marker 20 on highway 539, sundew and pitcher plant present, soil collected

Nitrate Results (LaMotte nitrate test kit)
 
Location Color Amount of Nitrogen
Site 1 faint pink less than 10 lbs/acre
Site 2 faint pink less than 10 lbs/acre
Site 3 faint pink less than 10 lbs/acre
Site 4 faint pink less than 10 lbs/acre
Site 5 colorless 0 lbs/acre
 
Soil Invertebrates (organisms were extracted with Berlese apparatus)
 
Location Description of Sample Organisms Found
Site 1 sandy soil none
Site 2 duff and mosses mites, spiders, ants, springtails
Site 3 sandy soil none
 

 
 
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